English Dictionary

relativity

/ɹɛləˈtɪvɪti/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 略語 別表記 特定用法 可算名詞 複数形

(uncountable) The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this.

日本語の意味

何かに対する相対的な状態。対象との関係性や参照基準によって捉えられる性質を示す。 / 普遍的なまたは絶対的な規範が存在しないという考え、すなわち相対主義の概念。 / 上記の状態や考え方の一例、具体的な実例または事例としての意味。

The theory of relativity revolutionized our understanding of the universe.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this.

意味（2）

(uncountable, physics) Short for principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”).

意味（3）

(specifically) Also Einsteinian relativity: the reliance of the nature of physical phenomena (such as gravity, light, mass, and time) on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed, as developed by Albert Einstein in two theories, special relativity and general relativity.

意味（4）

(countable, chiefly in the plural) An evaluation of the similarities and differences between things; a comparison; hence, a difference in position or status between things; a disparity.

意味（5）

(economics, specifically) The difference in pay or positions between different employees in a business (internal relativity), or between different businesses (external relativity); a differential.

relativities （ plural ）