relativity theory

Questions about relativity theory

What does relativity theory mean?

relativity theory means "(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts".

What is another word for relativity theory?

Close synonyms include relativity, theory of relativity, 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 theory a common word?

relativity theory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.