theory of relativity

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Noun

theory of relativity (plural theories of relativity)

1. (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 / 相对论 (zh) (xiāngduìlùn)

• Czech: teorie relativity f
• Dutch: relativiteitstheorie (nl) f
• Faroese: relativitetsástøði n
• Finnish: suhteellisuusteoria (fi)
• Georgian: ფარდობითობის თეორია (pardobitobis teoria)
• German: Relativitätstheorie (de) f
• Hungarian: relativitáselmélet (hu)
• Icelandic: afstæðiskenning (is) f (indefinite), afstæðiskenningin f (en, definite)
• Irish: teoiric na coibhneasachta f, teoiric ghinearálta na coibhneasachta f
• Japanese: 相対性理論 (ja) (そうたいせいりろん, sōtaisei riron)
• Korean: 상대성이론(相對性理論) (sangdaeseong'iron)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: харьцангуйн онол (mn) (xarʹcangujn onol)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: relativitetsteori m

  Nynorsk: relativitetsteori m

• Polish: teoria względności (pl) m
• Portuguese: teoria da relatividade f
• Romanian: teoria relativității (ro) f
• Russian: тео́рия относи́тельности (ru) f (teórija otnosítelʹnosti)
• Spanish: teoría de la relatividad f
• Swedish: relativitetsteori (sv) c
• Tagalog: hunang sang-ugnayan
• Turkish: izafiyet nazariyesi (tr) (obsolete), relativite teorisi, görelik kuramı
• Yiddish: טעאָריע פֿון רעלאַטיוויטעט f (teorye fun relativitet)