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Definition of Principle of relativity
1. Noun. (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.
Definition of Principle of relativity
1. Noun. (relativity) The principle that only the motion of objects relative to one another can be measured, and that there is no absolute frame of reference. ¹
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Literary usage of Principle of relativity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921)
"... GENERAL principle of relativity THE basal principle, which was the pivot of
all our previous considerations, was the special principle of relativity, ..."
2. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1920)
"... GENERAL principle of relativity THE basal principle, which was the pivot of
all our previous considerations, was the special principle of relativity, ..."
3. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"CHAPTER XXV THE principle of relativity WE have seen in the last chapter that,
so far as the testimony of all experiments which have been tried up to the ..."
4. Relativity, the Electron Theory, and Gravitation by Ebenezer Cunningham (1921)
"THE GENERAL principle of relativity CHAPTER VII. THE GENERAL THEORY. 67. THE NEED
FOR MORE RADICAL RE-CONSTRUCTION. WE are now in a position to appreciate ..."
5. Relativity, the Electron Theory, and Gravitation by Ebenezer Cunningham (1921)
"THE GENERAL principle of relativity CHAPTER VII. THE GENERAL THEORY. 67. ...
problem of gravitation on the ground of the Special Principle of Relativity, ..."
6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1915)
"Thus, the principle of relativity is old as mechanics itself, and, ... This deduction
seems to be inconsistent with the principle of relativity. ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"I. The Principle of Relativity.— The laws of physical phenomena are the same whether
... The principle of relativity as here stated is equivalent to the ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"I. The Principle of Relativity.— The laws of physical phenomena are the same whether
... The principle of relativity as here stated is equivalent to the ..."
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