absolute space
Noun
Meaning
physical space independent of what occupies it
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An inertial frame was then one in uniform translation relative to absolute space.
Background A brief comparison of inertial frames in special relativity and in Newtonian mechanics, and the role of absolute space is next.
Newton viewed the first law as valid in any reference frame that is in uniform motion relative to the fixed stars; The question of "moving uniformly relative to what?" was answered by Newton as "relative to absolute space ".
In another paper of 1924, named "Concerning the Aether", Einstein argued that Newton's absolute space, in which acceleration is absolute, is the "Aether of Mechanics".
In the Newtonian view, the particles exist in absolute space and time.
Newton's absolute space was a medium, but not one transmitting gravitation.