Principle of Equivalence

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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

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plural: Principle of Equivalences
possessive: Principle of Equivalence's
pluralpossessive: Principle of Equivalences'

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§1: (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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