geodesic motion

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geodesic motion [¦jē·ə¦des·ik ′mō·shən]

(relativity)

Motion of a particle along a geodesic path in the four dimensional space-time continuum; according to general relativity, this is the motion which occurs in the absence of nongravitational forces.

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