"equivalence principle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: equivalence principles [plural]
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  1. (relativity) Any of several principles, concerned with the uniformity of physical measurements in different frames of reference. Translations (Translations): principi d'equivalència [masculine] (Catalan), principe d'équivalence [masculine] (French), Äquivalenzprinzip [neuter] (German), ekvivalenciaelv (Hungarian), principio di equivalenza [masculine] (Italian), prīncipium aequivalentiae [New-Latin, neuter] (Latin), zasada równoważności [feminine] (Polish), princípio de equivalência [masculine] (Portuguese), principio de equivalencia [masculine] (Spanish)

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