MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mass-energy equivalence mean? 

• MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE (noun)
  The noun MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy

  Familiarity information: MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE (noun)

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Meaning:

(physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mass-energy equivalence" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)