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kaluza-klein theory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
kaluza--k-lein the-o-ry
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime.

name

Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime.

Inflected Forms

Kaluza-Klein theories (plural)

Questions

What does kaluza-klein theory mean?
A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime.

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