Betekenis van:
general relativity

general relativity
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)

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    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. The general theory of relativity predicted the deflection of starlight by the Sun.
    2. The general theory of relativity explains the anomalous perihelion precession of the planet Mercury.
    3. In General Relativity the observed global effect of gravity arises from strictly local interaction with curved space-time.
    4. Einstein described quantum entanglement as "spooky action at a distance." So, before Einstein's own Theory of General Relativity, might Newton's theory of gravitation have been described.