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A theory extending special relativity and uniformly accounting for gravity and accelerated frames of reference, postulating that space-time curves in the presence of mass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: relativity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: general theory of relativity, general relativity theory, Einstein's general theory of relativity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relativity, theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
relativiteti i përgjithshëm
— theory in physics
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Albanian:
teoria e relativitetit të përgjithshëm
— theory in physics
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Azerbaijani:
ümumi nisbilik nəzəriyyəsi
— theory in physics
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Belarusian:
агульная тэорыя адноснасці
(ahulʹnaja teóryja adnósnasci)
— theory in physics
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Belarusian:
агульная тэорыя рэлятыўнасці
(ahulʹnaja teóryja reljatywnasci)
— theory in physics
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Bengali:
সাধারণ আপেক্ষিকতা
(śadharon apekkhikota)
— theory in physics
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Bengali:
আপেক্ষিকতার সাধারণ তত্ত্ব
(apekkhiktar śadharon totto)
— theory in physics
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Burmese:
ယေဘုယျနှိုင်းရသီအိုရီ
(yebhu.yya.hnuing:ra.siuiri)
— theory in physics
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Chinese Cantonese:
廣義相對論 /广义相对论
(gwong2 ji6 soeng1 deoi3 leon6)
— theory in physics
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Chinese:
一般相對性理論 /一般相对性理论
(it-poan siong-tùi-sèng lí-lūn)
— theory in physics
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Chinese:
一般相對論 /一般相对论
(it-poan song-tùi-lūn)
— theory in physics
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Chinese Mandarin:
廣義相對論 /广义相对论
(guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn)
— theory in physics
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Danish:
almen relativitet
— theory in physics
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Dutch:
algemene relativiteitstheorie
— theory in physics
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Finnish:
yleinen suhteellisuusteoria
— theory in physics
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French:
relativité générale
— theory in physics
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Galician:
relatividade xeral
— theory in physics
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Georgian:
ფარდობითობის ზოგადი თეორია
(pardobitobis zogadi teoria)
— theory in physics
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German:
Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
— theory in physics
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German:
allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
— theory in physics
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Greek:
γενική σχετικότητα
(genikí schetikótita)
— theory in physics
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Hindi:
सामान्य आपेक्षिकता
(sāmānya āpekṣiktā)
— theory in physics
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Hungarian:
általános relativitáselmélet
— theory in physics
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Icelandic:
almenna afstæðiskenningin
— theory in physics
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Indonesian:
relativitas umum
— theory in physics
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Italian:
relatività generale
— theory in physics
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Japanese:
一般相対性理論
(ippan sōtaiseiriron)
— theory in physics
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Kazakh:
жалпы салыстырмалылық теориясы
(jalpy salystyrmalylyq teoriäsy)
— theory in physics
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Korean:
일반 상대성이론
(ilban sangdaeseong'iron)
— theory in physics
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Korean:
일반상대론
(ilbansangdaeron)
— theory in physics
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Latin:
theoria relativitatis generalis
— theory in physics
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Latin:
relativitas generalis
— theory in physics
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Lithuanian:
bendrasis reliatyvumas
— theory in physics
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Lithuanian:
bendroji reliatyvumo teorija
— theory in physics
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Malayalam:
സാമാന്യ ആപേക്ഷികതാസിദ്ധാന്തം
(sāmānya āpēkṣikatāsiddhāntaṁ)
— theory in physics
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Polish:
ogólna teoria względności
— theory in physics
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Portuguese:
relatividade geral
— theory in physics
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Romanian:
relativitatea generală
— theory in physics
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Romanian:
teoria relativității generale
— theory in physics
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Russian:
о́бщая тео́рия относи́тельности
(óbščaja teórija otnosítelʹnosti)
— theory in physics
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Scots:
general theory o relativity
— theory in physics
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Serbo-Croatian:
опћа теорија релативности
— theory in physics
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Serbo-Croatian:
општа теорија релативности
— theory in physics
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Serbo-Croatian:
opća teorija relativnosti
— theory in physics
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Serbo-Croatian:
opšta teorija relativnosti
— theory in physics
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Spanish:
relatividad general
— theory in physics
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Turkish:
genel görelilik
— theory in physics
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Turkish:
genel görelilik kuramı
— theory in physics
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Vietnamese:
thuyết tương đối rộng
— theory in physics
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Vietnamese:
thuyết tương đối tổng quát
— theory in physics