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Categories: Theory of relativity, Theories

principle of relativity Classical relativity principle Covariance principle Galilean-Newtonian relativity Galilean–Newtonian relativity

(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 WordNet 3.0

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(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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In physics, the principle of relativity is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics have the same form in all admissible frames of reference. Wikipedia

Physics principle stating that the laws of physics must be the same in all reference frames Wikidata

Principle that only motion of objects can be measured. Wiktionary (translation)

The principle that only the motion of objects relative to one another can be measured, and that there is no absolute frame of reference. Wiktionary

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