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relativity
- /ɹɛl.əˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
- [-ɾi]
Rhymes with -ɪvɪti
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From relative (“connected to or depending on something else”) + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives where the nouns refer to the properties, qualities, or states described by the adjectives). Sense 2.1 (“reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed”) is a translation of German Relativität (“relativity”) used in the works of the German-American theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
Morphologically relative + -ity.
noun relativities
- The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this.
- Ellipsis of principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”).
- Also Einsteinian relativity: the reliance of the nature of physical phenomena (such as gravity, light, mass, and time) on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed, as developed by Albert Einstein in two theories, special relativity and general relativity.
- An evaluation of the similarities and differences between things; a comparison; hence, a difference in position or status between things; a disparity.
- The difference in pay or positions between different employees in a business (internal relativity), or between different businesses (external relativity); a differential.
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Closest in meaning: relativity theory, relativism, relative, comparative, privity, relativistic, relativeness, dependence, interdependence, contingency, correlation, proportion, contextuality, comparativeness, conditionality, subjectivity
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noun principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
| Español | relatividad |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 相對論 /相对论 xiāngduìlùn |
| हिन्दी | आपेक्षिकता āpekṣiktā |
| Português | relatividade |
| Français | relativité |
| Deutsch | Relativität |
| Ελληνικά | σχετικότητα schetikótita |
| Română | relativitate |
| Русский | относи́тельность otnosítelʹnostʹ |
noun the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
| Español | relatividad |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 相対性 sōtaisei, 相対 sōtai |
| 中文 | 相對性 /相对性 xiāngduìxìng, 關聯性 /关联性 guānliánxìng, 相關性 /相关性 xiāngguānxìng |
| हिन्दी | आपेक्षिकता āpekṣiktā |
| Português | relatividade |
| Français | relativité |
| Deutsch | Relativität |
| Română | relativitate |
| Русский | относи́тельность otnosítelʹnostʹ |
noun reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed, as developed by Albert Einstein in two theories
| हिन्दी | आपेक्षिकता āpekṣiktā |
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title = {relativity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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