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Meanings of relativity in английском

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(Physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts.

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Quality of a property or measure that is relative to some point, entity, or frame of reference, as opposed to absoluteness.

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Examples for "absoluteness"
Examples for "absoluteness"
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Their system was based on the idea of the absoluteness of God.
The Lutherans of New York / Their Story and Their Problems
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In the absoluteness of their understanding, explanations and amplifications had become impossible.
Balloons
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The criterion of taste is absolute, with the intuitive absoluteness of the imagination.
Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic
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The absoluteness of his hatred made it possible for him to laugh with her.
The Dark House
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Another fallacy is produced which turns on the absoluteness of the verb 'to know.'
Euthydemus
Usage of relativity in английском
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The situation, however, is quite different in the general theory of relativity.
A briefer history of time
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General relativity explains the very large and heavy; stars, galaxies and beyond.
The Irish Times
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The really valuable point in his doctrine is the relativity of beauty.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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This semester, I'm teaching a first course in relativity to our students.
The Irish Times
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No one has ever observed any physical phenomena to contradict general relativity.
Wired
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According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light.
A briefer history of time
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I gather that you are fascinated by relativity theory and atomic problems.
Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
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He has written on the relativity of property rights in the Constitution.
The South African
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The theory of relativity is so simple that anyone can grasp it.
Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
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These equations want some slight adjustment for the new formulae of relativity.
The Concept of Nature / The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity...
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Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves in his 1916 theory of general relativity.
The Guardian
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From this point of view it becomes easy to escape Kantian relativity.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
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For from what source could an irreducible relativity be produced in it?
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
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You know how time varies with the speed of a system-Einstein'srelativity.
The Worlds of If
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Whether that is Einstein's theory of relativity or not, I don't know.
Vignettes of San Francisco
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If general relativity is wrong, why have all experiments thus far supported it?
A briefer history of time
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Translations for relativity
Relativity through the time
Relativity across language varieties
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