relativity
The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; an instance of this.
Other meanings
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.
Synonyms
- theory of relativity
Word history
From German "Relativität".
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