Einstein
pronunciation
How to pronounce Einstein in British English:
UK ['aɪnˌstaɪn]
How to pronounce Einstein in American English:
US ['aɪnˌstaɪn]
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- Noun:
- physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Word Origin
- Einstein (n.)
- as a type-name for a person of genius, 1920, in reference to German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), who was world-famous from 1919 through media accounts of his work in theoretical physics. According to "German-American Names" (George F. Jones, 3rd ed., 2006) it means literally "place encompassed by a stone wall."
Example
- 1. Hilbert sits there and listens very carefully to einstein .
- 2. Which einstein would have loved .
- 3. He says it 's einstein 's theory .
- 4. Einstein thought he was such a loser .
- 5. Was newton right and einstein wrong ?