Principle of Relativity

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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

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plural: Principle of Relativities
possessive: Principle of Relativity's
pluralpossessive: Principle of Relativities'

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