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  2. Equivalence principle - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The equivalence principle is the hypothesis that the observed equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass is a consequence of nature. The weak form, known for centuries, relates to masses of any composition in free fall taking the same trajectories and landing at identical times. The extended form by Albert Einstein requires special ...

  3. Surface equivalence principle - Wikipedia

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    The surface equivalence principle is heavily used in the analysis of antenna problems to simplify the problem: in many of the applications, the close surface is chosen as so to encompass the conductive elements to alleviate the limits of integration. [4] Selected uses in antenna theory include the analysis of aperture antennas [9] and the ...

  4. Eötvös experiment - Wikipedia

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    Eötvös experiment. The Eötvös experiment was a famous physics experiment that measured the correlation between inertial mass and gravitational mass, demonstrating that the two were one and the same, something that had long been suspected but never demonstrated with the same accuracy. The earliest experiments were done by Isaac Newton (1642 ...

  5. Introduction to general relativity - Wikipedia

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    e. General relativity is a theory of gravitation developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. The theory of general relativity says that the observed gravitational effect between masses results from their warping of spacetime. By the beginning of the 20th century, Newton's law of universal gravitation had been accepted for more than two ...

  6. Galileo's Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment - Wikipedia

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    The basic premise behind these experiments is now known as the (weak) equivalence principle. Galileo's hypothesis that inertial mass (resistance to acceleration) equals gravitational mass (weight) was extended by Albert Einstein to include special relativity and that combination became a key concept leading to the development of the modern ...

  7. Curved spacetime - Wikipedia

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    An alternative expression of the equivalence principle is to note that in Newton's universal law of gravitation, F = GMm g /r 2 = m g g and in Newton's second law, F = m i a, there is no a priori reason why the gravitational mass m g should be equal to the inertial mass m i. The equivalence principle states that these two masses are identical ...

  8. Gravitational redshift - Wikipedia

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    Gravitational redshift can be interpreted as a consequence of the equivalence principle (that gravity and acceleration are equivalent and the redshift is caused by the Doppler effect) [5] or as a consequence of the mass–energy equivalence and conservation of energy ('falling' photons gain energy), [6] [7] though there are numerous subtleties ...

  9. Roman Jakobson - Wikipedia

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    The true hallmark of poetry is according to Jakobson "the projection of the principle of equivalence from the axis of selection to the axis of combination". Very broadly speaking, it implies that poetry successfully combines and integrates form and function, that poetry turns the poetry of grammar into the grammar of poetry, so to speak.