English Explanatory Dictionary

Einstein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
  2. A surname from German.
noun
  1. An extremely clever or intelligent person.
noun
  1. One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.
  2. A genius; a very smart person.
  3. An idiot; a very stupid person.
noun
  1. A shape that can be repeated to cover a plane with a nonrepeating pattern.

Pronunciation

īn′stīn′ īn′shtīn′ /ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/ /ˈaɪnˌʃtaɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Einstein.wav /ˈɑenˌstɑen/ /ˈɑenˌʃtɑen/ /ˈajnˌsʈajn/ /ˈajnˌʃʈajn/

Word forms

Einstein Einsteins

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einstein. * The common noun is an eponym of Albert Einstein.

Synonyms

Albert Einstein Buddha clever clogs clever dick know-all know-it-all smart aleck smart ass smarty smarty pants wiseacre wiseass wise-ass wisenheimer boffin brain brainiac bright spark egghead geek nerd Poindexter propeller head shrewd article smart cookie supernerd whiz addle-brain addlehead addle pate airhead baboon beanbrain beetlebrain beetlehead berk bimbo birdbrain blockhead blubberbrain bonehead Boeotian boob bozo brainlet brickhead bubblehead bubble brain bufflehead buffoon Charlie chowderhead chucklehead chump cittern-head clod clodpate clot clown crackhead

Related words

no shit, Sherlock aperiodic monotiling tessellation

Derived words

Albert Einstein Bose-Einstein condensate Bose-Einstein statistics einstein Einstein-Bose statistics Einstein cross Einstein field equation Einsteinian Einsteinian relativity einsteinium Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen telephone Einstein radius Einstein ring Einstein-Rosen bridge Einstein's constant Einstein syndrome EPR=ER ER=EPR Stark-Einstein law microeinstein
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