Absolute space?

[magicbeatle]

What is absolute space?

[tubeway]

According to the translations (from latin) of Isaac Newton :

 Absolute space, in its own nature, without relation to anything external, remains always similar and immovable. Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of the absolute spaces, which our senses determine by its position to bodies and which is commonly taken for immovable space; such is the dimension of a subterraneous, an aerial, or celestial space, determined by its position in respect of the earth. Absolute and relative space are the same in figure and magnitude, but they do not remain always numerically the same. For if the earth, for instance, moves, a space of our air, which relatively and in respect of the earth remains always the same, will at one time be one part of the absolute space into which the air passes; at another time it will be another part of the same, and so, absolutely understood, it will be continually changed.

So now you know

[magicbeatle]

Now im more confused than I was before!

[Clanad]

Try this then... In physics, the notion of absolute space underlies the laws of classical physics of Isaac Newton. In his theories, the space is an inert arena on which other physical phenomena take place. The space affects the other phenomena, but the space itself is not affected by those phenomena. Additionally, think physical space independent of what occupies it ... (Thanks to Wikipedia)

[magicbeatle]

Now I get it, Cheers Clanad!