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frame dragging
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frame dragging [′frām ‚drag·iŋ]


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We have some glimpses of the frame-dragging effect," Everitt said, adding that his team still hopes to measure it to 1 percent accuracy, as initially planned.
Putting Einstein to the test by Science News
Until recently, measurements of gravity variations around the world had lacked accuracy, fueling distrust of frame-dragging results based on those numbers.
Spinning earth drags space by Science News
However, in this case, the gyroscopes' axes should swing in the direction of the satellites polar orbit around Earth, perpendicular to the direction of the frame-dragging effect.
A spin through space-time: a long-planned test of Einstein's theory ... by Weiss, Peter Ulrich / Science News
 
 
 
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