Mach's principle

Mach's principle
The physical principle that the inertia of a body in a system is determined by the distribution of mass and energy in the rest of the system.

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  • Mach, Ernst — born Feb. 18, 1838, Chirlitz Turas, Moravia died Feb. 19, 1916, Haar, Ger. Austrian physicist and philosopher. After earning a doctorate in physics in 1860, he taught at the Universities of Vienna and Graz as well as Charles University in Prague …   Universalium

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