general relativity

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general relativity

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  1. uncountable A theory extending special relativity and uniformly accounting for gravity and accelerated frames of reference, postulating that space-time curves in the presence of mass.

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noun theory in physics

Españolrelatividad general
한국어일반 상대성이론 ilban sangdaeseong'iron, 일반상대론 ilbansangdaeron
日本語一般相対性理論 ippan sōtaiseiriron
中文廣義相對論 /广义相对论 guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn
हिन्दीसामान्य आपेक्षिकता sāmānya āpekṣiktā
Portuguêsrelatividade geral
Françaisrelativité générale
DeutschAllgemeine Relativitätstheorie, allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
Italianorelatività generale
Ελληνικάγενική σχετικότητα genikí schetikótita
Românărelativitatea generală, teoria relativității generale
Русскийо́бщая тео́рия относи́тельности óbščaja teórija otnosítelʹnosti
Tiếng Việtthuyết tương đối rộng, thuyết tương đối tổng quát

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@misc{general_relativity_2026,
  title = {general relativity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/general%20relativity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}