principle of relativity

English

Noun

principle of relativity

1. (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.

Translations

principle that only motion of objects can be measured

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相對性原理／相对性原理, 相对性原理 (xiāngduìxìng yuánlǐ)

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• Finnish: suhteellisuusperiaate
• Galician: principio da relatividade
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See also

• relativity
• special relativity
• general relativity

Further reading

• principle of relativity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia