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    Challenges→The motions of impacting bodies in Descartes' physics are determined from an external reference frame, not from the local translation of contiguous neighborhoods.

    The approach-language in collision rules can be read as shorthand for relative velocity between the two bodies, requiring no privileged external frame beyond their mutual relation.

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    Frame of reference(as used in physics and metaphysics)
    A perspective or coordinate system from which you measure things; different observers in different frames might measure the same object's motion or position differently.
    Mutual relation(as used in metaphysics and relational philosophy)
    The connection or relationship between two things based only on how they relate to each other, not to anything outside them.
    Privileged external frame(as used in philosophy of physics and relativity)
    A special, preferred viewpoint from outside a situation that we treat as the 'correct' or 'absolute' way to measure things.
    Relative velocity(as used in physics and philosophy of physics)
    How fast one object is moving compared to another object, rather than compared to a fixed point like the ground.

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    collision rules(as physics principles within Descartes' system)
    The principles or laws that describe what happens when two objects bump into each other—how they bounce, stick together, or transfer energy.

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