can anyone explain what time dilation is?/it is relating to theory of relativity!

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anonymous · Answer

I believe Time dilation is the exact difference of two events as measured by who ever is observing, (example a clock). It is relating to the Theory of Relativity, as Albert Einstein said "clocks at lower potentials in a gravitational field—such as in closer proximity to a planet—are found to be running slower. "

anonymous · Answer

yeah i didnt get that

anonymous · Answer

It is a hard question to answer though, so I may not be 100% and this is a math forums. lol

experimentx · Answer

when you travel nearly at the speed of light, I sitting here observe your times goes slow ... that is time dilation. Time dilation equation here. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/math/4/7/e/47e8332a19266ef9eb7998cdc43b7827.png More on it here http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/tdil.html

anonymous · Answer

its like this... the faster you go, the slower your time gets relative to mine. Recall a thought experiment of the two twin brothers. Let's call them A and B. Now suppose A goes to a rocket and that rocket fires up to the sky and out of earth at a very fast speed. Then after such trip, B will be older than A because A's time relative to B ran slower during the trip.

experimentx · Answer

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/relativ/muon.html best example: these particle die fast. but when these particles are travelling with relativistic velocity, they seem to die slower.

anonymous · Answer

The time interval between two events depends on the inertial frame in which it is measured; this is a consequence of the Lorentz transformations and is known as time dilation.