Machian
Pertaining to the work or philosophical ideas of Ernst Mach, characterised by a system of mechanics based on extreme empiricism.
Adjective
- Pertaining to the work or philosophical ideas of Ernst Mach, characterised by a system of mechanics based on extreme empiricism.
- He had long ago abandoned his religion in favour of a Machian variety of materialism, but he felt nonetheless that he could not break the prohibition. - 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva,...
Origin
From Mach + -ian.