Meanings
nountheory of relativity (plural theories of relativity)
plural theories of relativity
- natural sciencesThe theories of special relativity and 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
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Broader
scientific theory
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Translations
Bulgarian тео́рия на относителността́
- тео́рия на относителността́ (teórija na otnositelnosttá)special and general relativity
Catalan teoria de la relativitat
- teoria de la relativitatspecial and general relativity
Chinese Mandarin 相對論 /相对论
- 相對論 /相对论 (xiāngduìlùn)special and general relativity
Czech teorie relativity
- teorie relativityspecial and general relativity
Dutch relativiteitstheorie
- relativiteitstheoriespecial and general relativity
Finnish suhteellisuusteoria
- suhteellisuusteoriaspecial and general relativity
German Relativitätstheorie
- Relativitätstheoriespecial and general relativity
Hungarian relativitáselmélet
- relativitáselméletspecial and general relativity
Icelandic afstæðiskenning, afstæðiskenningin
- afstæðiskenningspecial and general relativity
- afstæðiskenninginspecial and general relativity
Irish teoiric na coibhneasachta, teoiric ghinearálta na coibhneasachta
- teoiric na coibhneasachtaspecial and general relativity
- teoiric ghinearálta na coibhneasachtaspecial and general relativity
Japanese 相対性理論
- 相対性理論 (sōtaisei riron)special and general relativity
Korean 상대성이론
- 상대성이론 (sangdaeseong'iron)special and general relativity
Norwegian Bokmål relativitetsteori
- relativitetsteorispecial and general relativity
Polish teoria względności
- teoria względnościspecial and general relativity
Portuguese teoria da relatividade
- teoria da relatividadespecial and general relativity
Romanian teoria relativității
- teoria relativitățiispecial and general relativity
Russian тео́рия относи́тельности
- тео́рия относи́тельности (teórija otnosítelʹnosti)special and general relativity
Spanish teoría de la relatividad
- teoría de la relatividadspecial and general relativity
Swedish relativitetsteori
- relativitetsteorispecial and general relativity
Tagalog hunang sang-ugnayan
- hunang sang-ugnayanspecial and general relativity
Turkish izafiyet nazariyesi, relativite teorisi
- izafiyet nazariyesispecial and general relativity
- relativite teorisispecial and general relativity
- görelik kuramıspecial and general relativity
Ukrainian тео́рія відно́сності
- тео́рія відно́сності (teórija vidnósnosti)special and general relativity
Vietnamese thuyết tương đối
- thuyết tương đốispecial and general relativity
Yiddish טעאָריע פֿון רעלאַטיוויטעט
- טעאָריע פֿון רעלאַטיוויטעט (teorye fun relativitet)special and general relativity
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“theory of relativity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theory%20of%20relativity. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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