relativity

Other forms of relativity

plural

relativities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about relativity

What does relativity mean?

relativity means "(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in relativity?

relativity has 5 syllables: rel-a-tiv-i-ty. The stress falls on "tiv". In IPA it is /ˌɹɛləˈtɪvəti/.

What is another word for relativity?

Close synonyms include theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is relativity a common word?

relativity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with relativity?

11 words rhyme with relativity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.