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RELATIVITY THEORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relativity theory mean? 

RELATIVITY THEORY (noun)
  The noun RELATIVITY THEORY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RELATIVITY THEORY used as a noun is very rare.


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RELATIVITY THEORY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Einstein's theory of relativity; relativity; relativity theory; theory of relativity

Hypernyms ("relativity theory" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Domain member category:

event (a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relativity theory"):

Einstein's general theory of relativity; general relativity; general relativity theory; general theory of relativity (a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence))

Einstein's special theory of relativity; special relativity; special relativity theory; special theory of relativity (a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems)


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