theory of relativity

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theory of relativity (plural theories of relativity)

1. (physics) The generic term of the special relativity and the 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.

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generic term of special and general relativity

• Catalan: teoria de la relativitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相對論 (cmn), 相对论 (cmn) (xiāngduìlùn)

• Dutch: relativiteitstheorie (nl) f
• Finnish: suhteellisuusteoria (fi)
• German: Relativitätstheorie (de) f
• Hungarian: relativitáselmélet (hu)

• Icelandic: afstæðiskenning (is) f (indefinite), afstæðiskenningin (is) f (definite)
• Irish: teoiric na coibhneasachta (ga) f
• Japanese: 相対性理論 (ja) (そうたいせいりろん, sōtaisei riron)
• Russian: теория относительности (ru) (teórija otnosítel'nosti) f
• Spanish: teoría de la relatividad (es) f
• Turkish: izafiyet nazariyesi (tr) (obsolete), relativite teorisi (tr), görelik kuramı (tr)