noun🔗ShareThe state of being relative to something else."The difficulty of a math problem's relativity to my current understanding made it challenging. "physicstheoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers."Even though the ball looks like it's moving fast to me on the ground, the principle of relativity says someone on a train moving at a constant speed will see the ball obey the exact same laws of physics. "physicstheoryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEither of two theories (special relativity or general relativity) developed by German-American physicist Albert Einstein. Also called Einsteinian relativity."Engineers need a strong understanding of relativity when designing GPS satellites because of the effects of gravity and speed on time. "theoryphysicsscienceastronomyspacetimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading