(physics) the principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of reference
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principle of equivalence
The deflection of light by the sun is predicted from the principle of equivalence.
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The reason behind gravity's ability to bend light is something called the principle of equivalence.
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Einstein's principle of equivalence put all observers, moving or accelerating, on the same footing.
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So the local observer should feel accelerated in ordinary Minkowski space by the principle of equivalence.
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Einstein called this the principle of equivalence.
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The principle of equivalence to which the report refers is a local condition, while quantum mechanics is famously nonlocal.
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This principle of equivalence was one of the foundational underpinnings for the development of the general theory of relativity.
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Other principles postulated by Einstein and later vindicated are the principle of equivalence and the principle of adiabatic invariance of the quantum number.
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Put simply, the principle of equivalence says that gravity is equivalent to an acceleration at a given point in space, and conversely, that a freely falling observer feels weightless.
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