English Explanatory Dictionary

Mach's principle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The principle that the inertia of a body arises from its relation to the totality of all other bodies in the universe.

Word forms

Mach's principle

Etymology

Named after German physicist Ernst Mach, to whom the hypothesis is often attributed. Coined by Albert Einstein, who sought to incorporate the hypothesis into his theory of general relativity.

Synonyms

Mach's conjecture
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