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principle of equivalence equivalence principle Einstein's Equivalence Principle Einstein equivalence principle equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass

(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 WordNet 3.0

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(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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In the theory of general relativity, the equivalence principle is the equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass, and Albert Einstein's observation that the gravitational "force" as experienced locally while standing on a massive body is the same as the pseudo-force experienced by an observer in a non-inertial frame of reference. Wikipedia

Principle of general relativity stating that inertial and gravitational masses are equivalent Wikidata

Any of several principles, in relativity, concerned with the uniformity of physical measurements in different frames of reference. Wiktionary

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Weak equivalence principle

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