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PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("principle of equivalence" is a kind of...):
principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
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