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principle of relativity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
prin-ci-ple of rel-a-tiv-i-ty
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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

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