In Newton's theory of gravitation and in various relativistic classical theories of gravitation, such as general relativity, the tidal tensor represents
- tidal accelerations of a cloud of (electrically neutral, nonspinning) test particles,
- tidal stresses in a small object immersed in an ambient gravitational field.
Read more about Tidal Tensor: Newton's Theory, General Relativity
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