HyperDic: principle_of_equivalence

English > 1 sense of the expression principle of equivalence:
NOUNcognitionprinciple of equivalence(physics) the principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of reference
English > principle of equivalence: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(physics) the principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of reference.
Categoryphysics, natural philosophyThe science of matter and energy and their interactions
Broaderprinciple, ruleA rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

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