A procedure for measuring length in the special theory of relativity with corresponding transformations of time, coordinates, and velocities is proposed in which the length of a moving object is invariant.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 10, pp. 18–22, October, 2013.
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Zverev, S.A. A Procedure for Measuring Length in the Special Theory of Relativity. Meas Tech 56, 1117–1123 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-014-0340-4
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