Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun principle_of_relativity

1 sense of principle of relativity

Sense 1
principle of relativity -- ((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)
       => law, law of nature -- (a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics")