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Relativity   /rˌɛlətˈɪvəti/   Listen
Relativity

noun
1.
(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts.  Synonyms: Einstein's theory of relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity.
2.
The quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else.



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"Relativity" Quotes from Famous Books



... Training of the Individual (contd). Vocational Determination. School Age. Marriage. Science and Domestic Science. Relativity of Time, Space, Motion and Matter. All in the whole Universe is ...
— The Planet Mars and its Inhabitants - A Psychic Revelation • Eros Urides and J. L. Kennon
... extends itself far beyond what we had conceived to be its limits. It touches the Universe at all its points, and is in the closest union with all of Life. It is in the closest touch with all that has emanated from the Absolute—all the world of Relativity. And while it faces the Relative Universe, it has its roots in the Absolute, and draws nourishment therefrom, just as does the babe in the womb obtain nourishment from the mother. It is verily a manifestation of God, and God's very essence is in it. Surely this is ...
— A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka
... it is to read it, he recovered. I sent back next morning from London a telegram of enquiry (I did it in reality so as to have a proper proof of his death) and received the answer, "Patient doing well; is sitting up in bed and reading Lord Haldane's Relativity; no ...
— My Discovery of England • Stephen Leacock
... 1900—that it was a normal, natural thing for a ray of light to be slightly deflected from its straight path when passing through a magnetic field. The claim caused world-wide interest, for upon its truth or falsity the whole fabric of the Einstein Theory of Relativity was woven. ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 • Various
... attractions of the sun and moon. Finally, to mention only one more case, it was the Michelson-Morley experiment, made years ago with still another form of interferometer, that yielded the basic idea from which the theory of relativity was developed by ...
— The New Heavens • George Ellery Hale


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