absolute time

noun

absolute time

noun

US /ˈæb.səˌlut taɪm/

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The Newtonian concept of an unchanging and unchangeable reference system of time (and spatial) coordinates that is the same for all observers.

Related terms
equivalence principle

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