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.) + - [..]

The theory, formulated essentially by

A theory of physics that describes the dynamical behavior of matter and energy. The consequences of relativity can be quite strange at very high velocities and very high densities. A direct result of [..]

A theory of physics that describes the dynamical behavior of matter and energy. The consequences of relativity can be quite strange at very high velocities and very high densities. A direct result of [..]

  The relative values of time, motion, mass and energy of a body in motion. Click here for more information

the state of being relative to something else.

  In physics, Einstein’s 1905 theory that physical measurements are not absolute but vary depending on the relative position and motion of the observer and observed.

(n) (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts(n) the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else

, principle of. A fundamental principle formulated by Einstein, that laws of physics remain unchanged when moving to any frame of reference moving at constant velocity. Newtonian mechanics by itself o [..]

(of reinforcers). See RENFORC

(of language). See LANGUAGE RELATIVITY.

The principle that the economic doctrines true for any given epoch are relative to the particular circumstances of that epoch, and cannot be regarded ...

Theory in physics developed by Albert Eistein. Describes measurement made by two observers who are in relative motion.

A theory of physics that describes the dynamical behavior of matter and energy. The consequences of relativity can be quite strange at very high velocities and very high densities. A direct result of the theory of relativity is the equation E=mc2, which expresses a relationship between mass (m), energy (E), and the speed of light(c).

The state of being relative to something else. (physics) The principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers. (relativity) Either of two theories (special relativity or g [..]