ACTIO AD DISTANS


Meaning of ACTIO AD DISTANS in English

-ˌadˈdiˌstanz, -ˌädˈdiˌstän(t)s noun

or actio in distans -ˌinˈd-

Etymology: New Latin

: action at a distance or without contact

Leibnitz held that the apparent physical impossibility of actio ad distans was an objection to gravitation

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.