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relativity

[rel-uh-tiv-i-tee] / ˌrɛl əˈtɪv ɪ ti /








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That discovery created one of the first meaningful links between string theory and general relativity.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

In contrast, general relativity describes time as something that can stretch and bend under the influence of mass and energy.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

An accomplished saxophonist as well as a professor of physics at Brown University, Mr. Alexander posits that the music Coltrane made in his late performances was an exploration of applied relativity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915, general relativity describes gravity as the bending of spacetime by mass, similar to how a heavy object distorts a stretched surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Before 1970, my research on general relativity had concentrated mainly on the question of whether or not there had been a big bang singularity.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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