What does special relativity mean?

special relativity means "a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems".

What is another word for special relativity?

Close synonyms include special theory of relativity, special relativity theory, Einstein's special 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 special relativity a common word?

special relativity 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.

Special relativity — meaning and 3 synonyms

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a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems
Synonymsspecial theory of relativity special relativity theory Einstein's special theory of relativity
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What does special relativity mean?: special relativity means "a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems".

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