distant observer

collocation in English

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distant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪs.tənt/us
/ˈdɪs.tənt/
far ...
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observer
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈzɜː.vər/us
/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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However, it permits distortions in spacetime that allow an object to move faster than light from the point of view of adistantobserver.
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Adistantobserverwill determine that objects close to the mass get dragged around.
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At the static surface, a particle, moving against the flow of space at the speed of light, is static relative to adistantobserver.
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The heliograph uses a mirror to reflect sunlight to adistantobserver.
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If they do emit light during their occurrence (e.g. by fluorescence), then this light is received by thedistantobserveras a single flash.
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By contrast, coordinate time is the time between two events as measured by adistantobserverusing that observer's own method of assigning a time to an event.
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When a signaler tilts the mirror to reflect sunlight, thedistantobserversees flashes of light that can be used to transmit a prearranged signaling code.
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Yet for distant observers, the exteriors of both solutions with the same mass are indistinguishable.
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For such a person, every one second of their personal time would correspond to four seconds for distant observers.
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According to this view, two distant observers both split into superpositions when measuring a spin.
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Yet for distant observers, both solutions with the same mass are indistinguishable.
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It is also usually assumed that distant observers construct the same spacetime.
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