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noun
A time delay in the round trip travel time for radar signals passing near a massive object, caused by time dilation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: relativity
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Synonyms: Shapiro delay, Shapiro effect
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after Irwin I. Shapiro who predicted the effect in 1964.
