English Explanatory Dictionary

general relativity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

general relativity

Related words

principle of relativity special relativity Einstein field equations

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