relativity
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1. the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | quality, |
definition | : | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute) |
2. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | scientific theory, |
definition | : | a theory that explains scientific observations (noun.cognition) |
domain category | : | natural philosophy, physics, |
definition | : | the science of matter and energy and their interactions (noun.cognition) |
domain member category | : | event, |
definition | : | a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory (noun.phenomenon) |
3. the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | comparative, relative, |
definition | : | estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete (adj.all) |
derivation | : | proportional, relative, |
definition | : | properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' (adj.all) |
derivation | : | relativistic, |
definition | : | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism (adj.pert) |
4. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | relativistic, |
definition | : | relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity (adj.pert) |
5. the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | comparative, relative, |
definition | : | estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete (adj.all) |
derivation | : | proportional, relative, |
definition | : | properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' (adj.all) |
derivation | : | relativistic, |
definition | : | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism (adj.pert) |
6. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts (noun.cognition)
derivation | : | relativistic, |
definition | : | relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity (adj.pert) |
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