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 | | Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Hendrik Antoonhĕn´drek än´tōn lō´rĕnts, 1853-1928, Dutch physicist, a pioneer in formulating the relations between electricity, magnetism, and light. |
 | | Lorentz contraction Lorentz contractionlôr´ĕnts, in physics, contraction or foreshortening of a moving body in the direction of its motion, proposed by H. Lorentz on theoretical grounds and based on an earlier suggestion by G. Fitzgerald; it is sometimes called the Fitzgerald, or Lorentz-Fitzgerald, contraction. |
 | | Balen, Hendrik van Balen, Hendrik vanhĕn´drĬk vän bä´len, 1575-1632, Flemish painter, b. |
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