GENERAL RELATIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does general relativity mean? 

• GENERAL RELATIVITY (noun)
  The noun GENERAL RELATIVITY has 1 sense:

1. a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)

  Familiarity information: GENERAL RELATIVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENERAL RELATIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Einstein's general theory of relativity; general relativity; general relativity theory; general theory of relativity

Hypernyms ("general relativity" is a kind of...):

Einstein's theory of relativity; relativity; relativity theory; theory of relativity ((physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts)

 Context examples 

General relativity describes gravity as the curvature of space and special relativity describes the relationship between time and space.

(Hubble Uncovers Black Hole Disk that Shouldn't Exist, NASA)

In a second stage, Maeder focused on Newton's law, a specific instance of the equations of general relativity.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A physical constant which appears in the mathematical formula of Newton's definition of gravitational universal force and in Einstein's theory of general relativity.

(Gravitational Constant, NCI Thesaurus)

According to general relativity, a pair of black holes orbiting around each other lose energy through the emission of gravitational waves, causing them to gradually approach each other over billions of years, and then much more quickly in the final minutes.

(Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein's Prediction, NASA)

According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the rate of expansion is determined by the properties of dark energy plus the amount of matter in the Universe, where the latter is mostly made up of unseen material called dark matter.

("Russian Doll" Galaxy Clusters Reveal Information About Dark Energy, NASA)

The way we represent the universe and its history are described by Einstein's equations of general relativity, Newton's universal gravitation and quantum mechanics.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)