Term: principle of relativity: (physics) a universal law that states that the laws of mechanics are not affected by a uniform rectilinear motion of the system of coordinates to which they are referred
Candidate hypernym: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature → 1
Candidate hypernym: ascomycota: a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi → 0
Candidate hypernym: grip: the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) → 0
Candidate hypernym: auxiliary operation: a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit → 0
Candidate hypernym: jazz age: the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism → 0
Candidate hypernym: coffey still: a still consisting of an apparatus for the fractional distillation of ethanol from fermentation on an industrial scale → 0
Candidate hypernym: jungermanniaceae: comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales → 0
Candidate hypernym: welfare case: a case for a welfare worker → 0
Candidate hypernym: petit four: small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake → 0
Candidate hypernym: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently → 0
Candidate hypernym: sacrifice: the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity → 0