NOUN
- (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
How To Use principle of relativity In A Sentence
- Newtonian gravity assumes action at a distance, in clear violation of the principle of relativity.
- Newtonian gravity assumes action at a distance, in clear violation of the principle of relativity.
- At once this permitted a general principle of relativity embracing all motion, for if an experimenter in K, or in K′, could no longer determine the extent to which physical effects were due to uniform acceleration and to what extent to uniform gravitation, acceleration need no longer be regarded as absolute. RELATIVITY
- Considered formally, the admission of a coordinate system which is accelerated with respect to the original "inertial" coordinates means the admission of non-linear coordinate transformations, hence a mighty enlargement of the idea of invariance, i.e., the principle of relativity. Out Of My Later Years
- Einstein believed that Maxwells theory should, like all other laws of nature obey the principle of relativity.
