Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun special_relativity_theory

1 sense of special relativity theory

Sense 1
special relativity, special theory of relativity, special relativity theory, Einstein's special theory of relativity -- (a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems)
       => relativity, theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity -- ((physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts)