theory of relativity

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noun Physics.

Origin:
1960–65

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theory of relativity
noun
(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts [syn: relativity]

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Taken as a whole, they represent his basic theory of relativity and help form

the basis of modern physics.

There appears to be a homology between the principle of equality of the theory

of relativity and the law of quantum entanglement.

The special theory of relativity describes a world without gravitation.

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"By an application of the theory of relativity to the taste of readers, to-day in Germany I am called a German man of science, and in England I am represented as a Swiss Jew. If I come to be regarded as a bête noire the descriptions will be reversed, and I shall become a Swiss Jew for the Germans and a German man of science for the English!"

-Albert Einstein