Resumen:
In this work we analyze the concept of time dilation in its application to the
rate of moving clocks. The rates of two equiform elementary electromagnetic
clocks of different orientations relative to their direction of motion are computed
on the basis of relativistic transformations of force and coordinates for
the case when the clocks are at rest in a stationary reference frame and for the
case when they are moving at constant speed relative to the stationary reference
frame. It is shown that, although both clocks run slower when they are
moving than when they are at rest, the rate of the moving clocks is affected by
their orientation relative to their direction of motion, rather than by the kinematic
(relativistic) time dilation as it is now generally assumed. The implication
of this result for the experimental proofs of the existence of the kinematic
the dilation is discussed.