relativity

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noun

1. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
• Syn:
theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity
• Derivationally related forms:
relativistic
• 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
2. the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else
• Derivationally related forms:
relativistic, relative
• Hypernyms:
quality

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity