Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Mach's principle

American  

noun

Physics.

  1. the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.

Etymology

Origin of Mach's principle

After E. Mach

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

And so he has continued to try to apply Mach’s principle to spacecraft engines.

From Scientific American • Jul. 29, 2019

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.