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Einstein's theory of relativity

noun

(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts

• Syn: ↑relativity, ↑theory of relativity, ↑relativity theory

• Derivationally related forms: ↑relativistic (for: ↑relativity)

• Topics: ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy

• Members of this Topic: ↑event

• Hypernyms: ↑scientific theory

• Hyponyms:

↑general relativity, ↑general theory of relativity, ↑general relativity theory, ↑Einstein's general theory of relativity, ↑special relativity, ↑special theory of relativity, ↑special relativity theory, ↑Einstein's special theory of relativity

Useful english dictionary. 2012.