general relativity

noun

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My test for that, actually, is: could [an AI] have come up with general relativity with the same amount of information that Einstein had in the 1900s? Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Apr. 2025 Einstein’s general relativity is also extraordinarily well tested. Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 One way to make a black hole sort of look like the universe is to modify the equations of general relativity. Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2025 The whole point of the exercise was to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity, introduced by the emerging theoretical physicist in 1915. Eric MacK, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 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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“General relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20relativity. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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