principle of equivalence

等价交换原则,等效原则,等价原则,等值原则

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Physics.
- : the principle that, in any small region of space-time, the effects of a gravitational field are indistinguishable from those of an appropriate acceleration of the frame of reference.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intheory of relativity

Synonyms

relativity相对论,相对性,相对主义,相对而言 continuum theory连续体理论,连续性理论,连续理论,连续论 e=mc2E=MC2 energy-matter relationship能量与物质的关系,能量和物质的关系 general theory of relativity广义相对论,广义的相对论,通用相对论,一般相对论 principle of relativity相对论原理,相对论原则,相对性原理,相对性原则 special theory of relativity狭义相对论,狭义的相对论,特殊相对论,特别相对论

Examples

Nuclear clocks could also test a foundation of Einstein’s gravity theory — the equivalence principle.
In confirming Galileo’s gravity experiment yet again, the result upholds the equivalence principle, a foundation of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity.
But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.
Nixon said defending the two islands was “a matter of principle.”
Bratton might have said something that was closer to a real-world moral equivalence.
He was trying, I think, to demonstrate balance and equivalence.
If the noble experiment of American democracy is to mean anything, it is fidelity to the principle of freedom.
Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.
The grand thing is to have each of your five fingers go "dum, dum," an equal number of times, which is the principle of all three!
He had hitherto lived for universal man:—his days should terminate on a different principle.
The gauge of railways in Great Britain was not fixed upon any scientific principle.
I have erected above 100 steam-engines on this principle, but never met with one accident or complaint against them.

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Examples

Nuclear clocks could also test a foundation of Einstein’s gravity theory — the equivalence principle.

In confirming Galileo’s gravity experiment yet again, the result upholds the equivalence principle, a foundation of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity, general relativity.

But the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.

Nixon said defending the two islands was “a matter of principle.”

Bratton might have said something that was closer to a real-world moral equivalence.

He was trying, I think, to demonstrate balance and equivalence.

If the noble experiment of American democracy is to mean anything, it is fidelity to the principle of freedom.

Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.

The grand thing is to have each of your five fingers go "dum, dum," an equal number of times, which is the principle of all three!

He had hitherto lived for universal man:—his days should terminate on a different principle.

The gauge of railways in Great Britain was not fixed upon any scientific principle.

I have erected above 100 steam-engines on this principle, but never met with one accident or complaint against them.