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Principle of relativity   /prˈɪnsəpəl əv rˌɛlətˈɪvəti/   Listen
Principle of relativity

noun
1.
(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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... myself, I must open up some paths of preliminary approach toward the heart of the perplexity. And the first path is the realization that our world whatever it is, is certainly not the world as we see it! Regarding this I shall refer to a discourse upon "Gravitation and the Principle of Relativity," by the distinguished English physicist, Dr. A. S. Eddington, which I had the pleasure of hearing him deliver before the ...
— The Moon Pool • A. Merritt


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