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weak equivalence principle: a standalone construct

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the principle that freely falling test bodies follow the same trajectory regardless of composition, tested by torsion balances and free-fall experiments.

In gravitational physics, weak equivalence principle refers to the principle that freely falling test bodies follow the same trajectory regardless of composition, tested by torsion balances and free-fall experiments. This meaning comes from Will (2014) in Living Reviews in Relativity.[1]

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Will, C. M. (2014). The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment. Living Reviews in Relativity, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2014-4

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