relativity
pronunciation
How to pronounce relativity in British English:
UK [ˌreləˈtɪvəti]
How to pronounce relativity in American English:
US [ˌreləˈtɪvəti]
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- Noun:
- (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Word Origin
- relativity (n.)
- 1834, "fact or condition of being relative" (apparently coined by Coleridge, of God, in "Notes on Waterland's Vindication of Christ's Divinity"), from relative (adj.) + -ity. In scientific use, connected to the theory of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), published 1905 (special theory of relativity) and 1915 (general theory of relativity), but the word was used in roughly this sense by J.C. Maxwell in 1876.
Example
- 1. Disproved by einstein 's theory of relativity .
- 2. Thank relativity every time your car starts .
- 3. Relativity requires the path of light to be bent by massive objects .
- 4. Stephen g. brush , " why was relativity accepted ? "
- 5. But if that 's the case , where does relativity come into it ?