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  1. principle of relativitynoun

    (physics) a universal law that states that the laws of mechanics are not affected by a uniform rectilinear motion of the system of coordinates to which they are referred

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  1. principle of relativitynoun

    The principle that only the motion of objects relative to one another can be measured, and that there is no absolute frame of reference.

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  1. Principle of relativity

    In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames of reference. For example, in the framework of special relativity the Maxwell equations have the same form in all inertial frames of reference. In the framework of general relativity the Maxwell equations or the Einstein field equations have the same form in arbitrary frames of reference. Several principles of relativity have been successfully applied throughout science, whether implicitly or explicitly.

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