special relativity

English

Noun

special relativity (uncountable)

1. (relativity) A theory that (neglecting the effects of gravity) reconciles the principle of relativity with the observation that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference.

Translations

physics theory

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: спецыяльная тэорыя адноснасці f (spjecyjalʹnaja teóryja adnósnasci), спецыяльная тэорыя рэлятыўнасці f (spjecyjalʹnaja teóryja reljatyŭnasci)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狹義相對論／狭义相对论 (zh) (xiáyì xiāngduìlùn)

• Dutch: speciale relativiteitstheorie (nl) f
• Finnish: erikoinen suhteellisuusteoria, erityinen suhteellisuusteoria (fi), suppea suhteellisuusteoria
• French: relativité restreinte (fr) f
• Galician: relatividade especial f
• Georgian: ფარდობითობის სპეციალური თეორია (pardobitobis sṗecialuri teoria)
• German: Spezielle Relativitätstheorie (de) f, spezielle Relativitätstheorie (de) f
• Greek: ειδική σχετικότητα f (eidikí schetikótita)
• Hungarian: speciális relativitáselmélet (hu)
• Icelandic: takmarkaða afstæðiskenningin f
• Indonesian: relativitas khusus
• Italian: relatività ristretta f, relatività speciale f
• Japanese: 特殊相対性理論 (とくしゅそうたいせいりろん, tokushu sōtaiseiriron)
• Kazakh: арнайы салыстырмалылық теориясы (arnaiy salystyrmalylyq teoriäsy)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: szczególna teoria względności f
• Portuguese: relatividade restrita f, relatividade especial f
• Russian: специа́льная тео́рия относи́тельности f (speciálʹnaja teórija otnosítelʹnosti), ча́стная тео́рия относи́тельности f (částnaja teórija otnosítelʹnosti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: специјална теорија релативности f

  Roman: specijalna teorija relativnosti f

• Spanish: relatividad especial f

See also

• E=mc²
• general relativity

Further reading

• special relativity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia