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Einstein's special theory of relativity

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Noun1.Einstein's 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
special relativity, special relativity theory, special theory of relativity
Einstein's theory of relativity, relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity - (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts


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Establishment-supported defenders of the Big Bang theory and Einstein's special theory of relativity have proven similarly inhospitable to independent thinking.
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Einstein's special theory of relativity unifies space and time as aspects of a single, four-dimensional entity known as space-time.
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According to Kenneth Brecher of Boston University, these observations provide the most stringent test to date of a central postulate in Einstein's special theory of relativity.
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