principle of equivalence

Definitions of principle of equivalence
  1. noun
    (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
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    principle, rule
    a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
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