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Mach's principle

پروز ِ ماخ

parvaz-e Mach

Fr.: principe de Mach

The local → inertial frame and the → inertia of any body results from the distribution of all matter in the Universe. This principle has been neither confirmed nor refuted.

See also: → Mach number; → number.