That was what Einstein called it.
Two particles separated by seemingly immense distance have the same reaction when one of them is acted upon...............
I don't think the claim is that the second particle in question would necessarily have the same, identical (re)action, but rather, a complementary action. The system immediately (faster than the speed of light, it's said) maintains its own pressure equilibrium.
It suggests that maintaining physical equilibrium is not a matter of the speed propagation limit of the ether (medium).
That's a very powerful "particle" bonding such that if it were precluded from its complementary action, it might yield something like an atomic explosion.