relativity

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From relative (“connected to or depending on something else”) + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives where the nouns refer to the properties, qualities, or states described by the adjectives). Sense 2.1 (“reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed”) is a translation of German Relativität (“relativity”) used in the works of the German-American theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955). Morphologically relative + -ity.

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հարաբերականություն (haraberakanutʻyun) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Azerbaijani: nisbilik — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Azerbaijani: relyativizm — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Belarusian: адно́снасць (adnósnascʹ) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Catalan: relativitat — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Chinese Mandarin: 相對性 /相对性 (xiāngduìxìng) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Chinese Mandarin: 關聯性 /关联性 (guānliánxìng) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Chinese Mandarin: 相關性 /相关性 (xiāngguānxìng) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Czech: relativnost — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Czech: relativita — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Finnish: suhteellisuus — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• French: relativité — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• German: Relativität — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Hindi: आपेक्षिकता (āpekṣiktā) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Irish: coibhneasacht — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Japanese: 相対性 (sōtaisei) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Japanese: 相対 (sōtai) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Norwegian: relativitet — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Polish: względność — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Portuguese: relatividade — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Romanian: relativitate — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Russian: относи́тельность (otnosítelʹnostʹ) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Serbo-Croatian: релативност — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Serbo-Croatian: relativnost — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Spanish: relatividad — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Swedish: relativitet — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Tagalog: katugnayan — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Ukrainian: відно́сність (vidnósnistʹ) — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Welsh: perthnasedd — the state of being relative to something else — see also relativism
• Armenian: հարաբերականություն (haraberakanutʻyun) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Azerbaijani: nisbilik — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Bulgarian: относителност (otnositelnost) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Catalan: relativitat — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Chinese Mandarin: 相對論 /相对论 (xiāngduìlùn) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Finnish: suhteellisuus — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• French: relativité — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• German: Relativität — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Greek: σχετικότητα (schetikótita) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Hindi: आपेक्षिकता (āpekṣiktā) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Irish: gaolmhaireacht — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Irish: coibhneasacht — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Latin: relātīvitās — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Polish: względność — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Portuguese: relatividade — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Romanian: relativitate — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Russian: относи́тельность (otnosítelʹnostʹ) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Spanish: relatividad — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Tagalog: katugnayan — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Ukrainian: відно́сність (vidnósnistʹ) — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Welsh: perthnasedd — principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers
• Georgian: ფარდობითობა (pardobitoba) — reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed, as developed by Albert Einstein in two theories
• Hindi: आपेक्षिकता (āpekṣiktā) — reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed, as developed by Albert Einstein in two theories
• Irish: coibhneasacht — reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed, as developed by Albert Einstein in two theories