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coordinate transformation comparison table

Subject	has definition
Galilean transformation	The non-relativistic method of relating observations from one frame of reference to another.
Lorentz transformation	A transformation which enables one to relate the physical parameters describing an object when viewed in one frame of reference to those which are appropriate to an observer moving with a uniform velocity in that frame.

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