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Definition of Relativity
1. Noun. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts.
Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Natural Philosophy, Physics
Specialized synonyms: Einstein's General Theory Of Relativity, General Relativity, General Relativity Theory, General Theory Of Relativity, Einstein's Special Theory Of Relativity, Special Relativity, Special Relativity Theory, Special Theory Of Relativity
Examples of category: Event
Derivative terms: Relativistic
2. Noun. The quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else.
Definition of Relativity
1. n. The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.
Definition of Relativity
1. Noun. The state of being relative to something else. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) The principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers. ¹
3. Noun. (relativity) Either of two theories (special relativity or general relativity) developed by German-American physicist Albert Einstein. Also called '''Einsteinian relativity'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relativity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Relativity
Literary usage of Relativity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1913)
"HENRI POINCARE ON THE relativity OF SPACE. Whether or not the theories of Henri
... According to our definition space is relativity itself; space being the ..."
2. Hegel's Logic: A Book on the Genesis of the Categories of the Mind : a by William Torrey Harris (1896)
"We have entire relativity here, and hence we have dependence not cm being but on
... But when we have universal relativity, we have universal negativity, ..."
3. The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated: Inductively Investigated by James McCosh (1882)
"ON THE relativity OP KNOWLEDGE- Sir William Hamilton has not always been successful,
... His own special theory is that of relativity, which acknowledges a ..."
4. The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated by James McCosh (1874)
"ON THE relativity OF KNOWLEDGE. Sir William Hamilton has not always been successful,
as it appears to me, in fusing what he adheres to in the realism of ..."
5. Genetic Theory of Reality: Being the Outcome of Genetic Logic as Issuing in by James Mark Baldwin (1915)
"Sorts of relativity 5. We find attaching to the objects of apprehension three
distinguishable meanings of relativity. There is, first, the relativity of the ..."
6. The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated by James McCosh (1865)
"ON THE relativity OF KNOWLEDGE. Sir William Hamilton has not always been successful,
... His own special theory is that of relativity, which acknowledges a ..."
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