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theory of relativity

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  • noun physics The generic term of the special relativity and the general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the equivalence of matter and energy and the Einstein field equations are derived.

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

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  1. scientific theory

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  1. einstein's general theory of relativity
  2. einstein's special theory of relativity
  3. general relativity
  4. general relativity theory
  5. general theory of relativity
  6. special relativity
  7. special relativity theory
  8. special theory of relativity

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