Relativity

Relativity

Relativity may refer to:

Physics

* Special relativity, a theory of physics formulated by Albert Einstein
* General relativity, Einstein's theory of gravitation
* Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, which refers to both special relativity and general relativity together
* Principle of relativity, used in Einstein's theories and derived from Galileo's principle
* Galilean relativity, Galileo's conception of relativity
* Numerical relativity, a subfield of computational physics that aims to establish numerical solutions to Einstein's field equations in general relativity

Popular culture

* "Relativity" (M. C. Escher), a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher

Television
* "Relativity Theory" (The Outer Limits), 1998 "The Outer Limits" episode
* "Relativity" (TV series), mid-1990s American drama series
* "Relativity" (Voyager episode), 1999 fifth-season episode of Star Trek: Voyager
** USS "Relativity", the Wells class starship featured in that episode
* "Relativity", 2001 "Farscape" episode

Music
* Relativity Records, record label
* Relativity (band), a band founded by Scottish folk musician Phil Cunningham and other members of Silly Wizard
* Relativity (Emarosa album), a 2008 album from band Emarosa

ee also

* Relative (disambiguation)
* Relativism, the philosophical view that the meaning and value of human beliefs and behaviors have no absolute reference


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  • relativity — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1834 1. a. the quality or state of being relative b. something that is relative 2. the state of being dependent for existence on or determined in nature, value, or quality by relation to something else 3. a. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • relativity — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The physical theory of the relativity and interdependence of matter, time, and space] Syn. restricted relativity, special relativity, theory of general relativity, the curvilinear universe, the denial of the absolute, time as… …   English dictionary for students

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