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general relativity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: relativiteti i përgjithshëm — theory in physics
  • Albanian: teoria e relativitetit të përgjithshëm — theory in physics
  • Azerbaijani: ümumi nisbilik nəzəriyyəsi — theory in physics
  • Belarusian: агульная тэорыя адноснасці (ahulʹnaja teóryja adnósnasci) — theory in physics
  • Belarusian: агульная тэорыя рэлятыўнасці (ahulʹnaja teóryja reljatywnasci) — theory in physics
  • Bengali: সাধারণ আপেক্ষিকতা (śadharon apekkhikota) — theory in physics
  • Bengali: আপেক্ষিকতার সাধারণ তত্ত্ব (apekkhiktar śadharon totto) — theory in physics
  • Burmese: ယေဘုယျနှိုင်းရသီအိုရီ (yebhu.yya.hnuing:ra.siuiri) — theory in physics
  • Chinese Cantonese: 廣義相對論 /广义相对论 (gwong2 ji6 soeng1 deoi3 leon6) — theory in physics
  • 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
  • Chinese: 一般相對論 /一般相对论 (it-poan song-tùi-lūn) — theory in physics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣義相對論 /广义相对论 (guǎngyì xiāngduìlùn) — theory in physics
  • Danish: almen relativitet — theory in physics
  • Dutch: algemene relativiteitstheorie — theory in physics
  • Finnish: yleinen suhteellisuusteoria — theory in physics
  • French: relativité générale — theory in physics
  • Galician: relatividade xeral — theory in physics
  • Georgian: ფარდობითობის ზოგადი თეორია (pardobitobis zogadi teoria) — theory in physics
  • German: Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie — theory in physics
  • German: allgemeine Relativitätstheorie — theory in physics
  • Greek: γενική σχετικότητα (genikí schetikótita) — theory in physics
  • Hindi: सामान्य आपेक्षिकता (sāmānya āpekṣiktā) — theory in physics
  • Hungarian: általános relativitáselmélet — theory in physics
  • Icelandic: almenna afstæðiskenningin — theory in physics
  • Indonesian: relativitas umum — theory in physics
  • Italian: relatività generale — theory in physics
  • Japanese: 一般相対性理論 (ippan sōtaiseiriron) — theory in physics
  • Kazakh: жалпы салыстырмалылық теориясы (jalpy salystyrmalylyq teoriäsy) — theory in physics
  • Korean: 일반 상대성이론 (ilban sangdaeseong'iron) — theory in physics
  • Korean: 일반상대론 (ilbansangdaeron) — theory in physics
  • Latin: theoria relativitatis generalis — theory in physics
  • Latin: relativitas generalis — theory in physics
  • Lithuanian: bendrasis reliatyvumas — theory in physics
  • Lithuanian: bendroji reliatyvumo teorija — theory in physics
  • Malayalam: സാമാന്യ ആപേക്ഷികതാസിദ്ധാന്തം (sāmānya āpēkṣikatāsiddhāntaṁ) — theory in physics
  • Polish: ogólna teoria względności — theory in physics
  • Portuguese: relatividade geral — theory in physics
  • Romanian: relativitatea generală — theory in physics
  • Romanian: teoria relativității generale — theory in physics
  • Russian: о́бщая тео́рия относи́тельности (óbščaja teórija otnosítelʹnosti) — theory in physics
  • Scots: general theory o relativity — theory in physics
  • Serbo-Croatian: опћа теорија релативности — theory in physics
  • Serbo-Croatian: општа теорија релативности — theory in physics
  • Serbo-Croatian: opća teorija relativnosti — theory in physics
  • Serbo-Croatian: opšta teorija relativnosti — theory in physics
  • Spanish: relatividad general — theory in physics
  • Turkish: genel görelilik — theory in physics
  • Turkish: genel görelilik kuramı — theory in physics
  • Vietnamese: thuyết tương đối rộng — theory in physics
  • Vietnamese: thuyết tương đối tổng quát — theory in physics