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relativity Noun 1. either of two theories developed by Albert Einstein, the [special theory of relativity], which requires that the laws of physics shall be the same as seen by any two different observers in uniform relative motion, and the [general theory of relativity], which considers observers with relative acceleration and leads to a theory of gravitation 2. the state of being relative
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| In this discourse Zarathustra opens his exposition of the doctrine of relativity in morality, and declares all morality to be a mere means to power. Meanwhile the physicists, especially Einstein and other exponents of the theory of relativity, have been making "matter" less and less material. But there was no need for caution; not a soul was at hand, and Tess went onward with fortitude, her recollection of the birds' silent endurance of their night of agony impressing upon her the relativity of sorrows and the tolerable nature of her own, if she could once rise high enough to despise opinion. |
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