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orthochronous

Adjective

Meaning

orthochronous (not comparable)

(mathematics) Describing any Lorentz transformation or Galilean transformation which preserves the direction of time

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Examples

The orthochronous, proper, proper orthochronous sets of LTs are all subgroups. Source: Internet

This will not always be the case; it can be shown that the composition of any two Lorentz transformations always has the positive determinant and positive inequality, a proper orthochronous transformation. Source: Internet

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