general relativity

noun

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According to general relativity, in a rotating black hole, the singularity—the theoretical point of infinite density at the center—is really a one-dimensional ring, with closed timelike curves arcing around it. Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 Enter stage left spacetime Einstein suggested in his 1915 theory of gravity, general relativity, that particles of mass causethe very fabric of spacetime to curve. Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 June 2026 Their goal is to reproduce a 1919 eclipse experiment that measured how the sun’s gravity bends the light from distant stars and confirmed Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, according to the Spanish Scientific and Advisory Committee for the Trio of Eclipses. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 June 2026 But general relativity has a fatal flaw. Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for general relativity

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1916, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of general relativity was in 1916

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