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Webster 1913 Edition

relativity

relˊa-tiv′i-ty

(-t?v′?-t?)

,

Noun.

1.

The state of being relative;

as, the

relativity

of a subject

.

Coleridge.

Definition 2024

relativity

relativity

English

Noun

relativity ‎(usually uncountable, plural relativities)

The state of being relative to something else.
(physics) The principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers.
(physics) Either of two theories (special relativity or general relativity) developed by German-American physicist Albert Einstein. Also called Einsteinian relativity.

Translations

the state of being relative

Chinese:
Mandarin: 相對性 (zh), 相对性 (zh) ‎(xiāngduìxìng), 關聯性 (zh), 关联性 (zh) ‎(guānliánxìng), 相關性 (zh), 相关性 (zh) ‎(xiāngguānxìng)
Finnish: suhteellisuus (fi)
French: relativité (fr) f
German: Relativität f
Japanese: 相対性 ‎(そうたいせい, sōtaisei), 相対 (ja) ‎(そうたい, sōtai)
Norwegian: relativitet
Polish: względność (pl) f

Portuguese: relatividade (pt) f
Romanian: relativitate (ro) f
Russian: относи́тельность (ru) f ‎(otnosítelʹnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: релативност

Roman: relativnost (sh) f
Swedish: relativitet (sv) c
Tagalog: katugnayan

physics principle

Chinese:
Mandarin: 相對論 (zh), 相对论 (zh) ‎(xiāngduìlùn)
Finnish: suhteellisuus (fi)
French: relativité (fr) f
German: Relativität f
Greek: σχετικότητα (el) f ‎(schetikótita)

Irish: gaolmhaireacht f
Latin: relātīvitās f
Polish: względność (pl) f
Portuguese: relatividade (pt) f
Romanian: relativitate (ro) f
Russian: относи́тельность (ru) f ‎(otnosítelʹnostʹ)
Tagalog: katugnayan