Associations to the word «Relativity»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

RELATIVITY, noun. (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts.
RELATIVITY, noun. The quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky