Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,906,051,888 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Einstein's theory of relativity

   Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Einstein's theory of relativity - (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute conceptsEinstein's theory of relativity - (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
scientific theory - a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable"
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
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
event - a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
Francis Everitt, the Stanford University professor who has devoted his life to investigating Einstein's theory of relativity, told scientists at the American Physical Society it would be another eight months before he could measure the 'frame-dragging' effect precisely.
Chapter topics feature the notion of timetables as elementary representations of space-time, the role of reflections, Einstein's theory of relativity, relativity theory and paradoxes, elementary metric properties of the Minkowski geometry compared to Euclidean analogs, and the Cayley-Klein geometries.
Participants in a free presentation about Einstein's theory of relativity April 12 are promised a clearer understanding of one of science's most profound theories.
 
 
Einstein shift
Einstein shift
Einstein Sign
Einstein space
Einstein static universe
Einstein Syndrome
Einstein tensor
Einstein universe
Einstein viscosity equation
Einstein's absorption coefficient
Einstein's big blunder
Einstein's big blunder
Einstein's coefficient of spontaneous emission
Einstein's coefficient of stimulated emission
Einstein's cosmological constant
Einstein's cosmological constant
Einstein's equation for specific heat
Einstein's equivalency principle
Einstein's field equations
Einstein's general theory of relativity
Einstein's law of gravitation
Einstein's mass-energy law
Einstein's Mass-Energy Relation
Einstein's photoelectric law
Einstein's principle of relativity
Einstein's special theory of relativity
Einstein's special theory of relativity
Einstein's summation convention
Einstein's theory of relativity
Einstein's Twin Paradox
Einstein's Twin Paradox
Einstein's unified field theories
Einstein's universe
Einstein, Albert
Einstein, Albert
Einstein, Albert
Einstein, Alfred
Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen
Einstein-Bohr equation
Einstein-Bose statistics
Einstein-de Haas effect
Einstein-de Haas method
Einstein-de Sitter model
Einstein-Dirac-Yang/Mills
Einstein-Gymnasium Neuenhagen
Einstein-Planck law
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen bridge
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen bridge
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm
Einstein-Rosen bridge
Einstein-Rosen bridge
Einstein-Rosen bridge
Einstein-Rosen waves
Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky bridge
Einstein-Rosen-Podolsky bridge
Einstein-Yang-Mills
Einstein-Yang-Mills Dilaton
Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.