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Time dilation means that time only seems to pass more slowly in a moving reference frame.
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Time dilation is a concept from the theory of relativity, which states that time can appear to pass at different rates in different reference frames, particularly when one is moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light compared to another. To an observer in a stationary reference frame, time appears to pass more slowly for someone moving at high speed. However, from the perspective of the person in motion, their own clock seems normal, and they perceive the stationary observer's clock as running faster. Thus, each observer sees the other's time as dilated.
Time dilation is a concept from the theory of relativity, which states that time can appear to pass at different rates in different reference frames, particularly when one is moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light compared to another. To an observer in a stationary reference frame, time appears to pass more slowly for someone moving at high speed. However, from the perspective of the person in motion, their own clock seems normal, and they perceive the stationary observer's clock as running faster. Thus, each observer sees the other's time as dilated.