theory of relativity

English

Noun

theory of relativity (plural theories of relativity)

(physics) The 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.

Translations

special and general relativity

Catalan: teoria de la relativitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 相對論 (zh), 相对论 (zh) (xiāngduìlùn)
Czech: teorie relativity f
Dutch: relativiteitstheorie (nl) f
Finnish: suhteellisuusteoria (fi)
German: Relativitätstheorie (de) f
Hungarian: relativitáselmélet (hu)
Icelandic: afstæðiskenning (is) f (indefinite), afstæðiskenningin f (en, definite)
Irish: teoiric na coibhneasachta f

Japanese: 相対性理論 (ja) (そうたいせいりろん, sōtaisei riron)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: relativitetsteori m

Nynorsk: relativitetsteori m
Portuguese: teoria da relatividade f
Russian: тео́рия относи́тельности (ru) f (teórija otnosítelʹnosti)
Spanish: teoría de la relatividad f
Tagalog: hunang sang-ugnayan
Turkish: izafiyet nazariyesi (tr) (obsolete), relativite teorisi, görelik kuramı

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