relativity

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛləˈtɪvɨti/

Noun

relativity (usually uncountable, plural relativities)

1. The state of being relative to something else.
2. (physics) The principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers.
3. (relativity) 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

• Belarusian: адно́снасць f (adnósnascʹ)
• Catalan: relativitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相對性／相对性 (zh), 相对性 (zh) (xiāngduìxìng), 關聯性／关联性 (zh) (guānliánxìng), 关联性 (zh) (guānliánxìng), 相關性／相关性 (zh) (xiāngguānxìng), 相关性 (zh) (xiāngguānxìng)

• Czech: relativnost f, relativita f
• Finnish: suhteellisuus (fi)
• French: relativité (fr) f
• German: Relativität (de) 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
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• Portuguese: relatividade (pt) f
• Romanian: relativitate (ro) f
• Russian: относи́тельность (ru) f (otnosítelʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: релативност

  Roman: relativnost (sh) f

• Spanish: relatividad (es) f
• Swedish: relativitet (sv) c
• Tagalog: katugnayan
• Welsh: perthnasedd m

physics principle

• Catalan: relativitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相對論／相对论 (zh) (xiāngduìlùn), 相对论 (zh) (xiāngduìlùn)

• Finnish: suhteellisuus (fi)
• French: relativité (fr) f
• German: Relativität (de) f
• Greek: σχετικότητα (el) f (schetikótita)
• Irish: gaolmhaireacht f
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• Latin: relātīvitās f
• Polish: względność (pl) f
• Portuguese: relatividade (pt) f
• Romanian: relativitate (ro) f
• Russian: относи́тельность (ru) f (otnosítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: relatividad (es) f
• Tagalog: katugnayan
• Welsh: perthnasedd m

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نِسْبِيَّة f (nisbiyya)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} relativiteit (nl)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} viszonylagosság, ^{(please verify)} relativitás (hu)
• Kurdish: , , , , ,
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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} relativnost (sl) f
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ความสัมพันธ์ (th) (kwaam sămpan)
• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} اضافیت f (izaafiat)