Mach's relational critique holds that inertial effects are fully explicable by reference to the distribution and motion of actual matter, without positing a substantival inertial structure.

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Mach (Ernst Mach)(as the originator of Mach's mechanics): An Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838-1916) who argued that scientific ideas should only be based on what we can directly observe and measure, not on invisible forces or assumptions.
explicable(as used in describing what a theory can or cannot explain): Able to be explained or accounted for by a theory or reason.
inertial effects(Newton's bucket experiment; used as evidence of mechanically significant motion): Observable mechanical effects due to rotation, such as the tendency of water to recede from the axis of rotation, producing a concave surface
inertial structure(Used alongside causal structure as a sufficient basis for determining metrical structure.): The structure of the world defined by the behavior of mass points moving solely under inertia (free from external forces).

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