Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theory of relativity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: the-o-ry of rel-a-tiv-i-ty
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The theories of special relativity and general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the equivalence of matter and energy and the Einstein field equations are derived.

Inflected Forms

theories of relativity (plural)

Synonyms

relativity relativity theory einstein's theory of relativity

Questions

What does theory of relativity mean?: The theories of special relativity and general relativity, two theories in physics developed mainly by Albert Einstein at the beginning of the 20th century from which several important results such as the equivalence of matter and energy and the Einstein field equations are derived.

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