单词 | relativization |
释义 | relativizationn. 1. Physics. The application of the theory of relativity to something; the fact or process of being treated relativistically. ΚΠ 1920 H. L. Brose tr. M. Schlick Space & Time in Contemp. Physics 49 The relativization [Ger. Relativierung] of space has..been carried out completely in physics. 1935 Nature 9 Feb. 243/2 Problem of relativisation of the classical mechanics. 1969 Isis 60 162 Fasten upon Maxwell's theory as the place where, through its relativization, both optics and electrodynamics must be reinterpreted together. 2006 M. Jammer Concepts Simultaneity viii. 160 Whitehead..called the relativization of simultaneity ‘a heavy blow’. 2. gen. The action of making something relative; the fact or process of being made relative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relativity > action of making relative or being made relative relativizing1910 relativization1927 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > meaning > [noun] > relative meaning or term relative1528 relativization1927 1927 Philos. Rev. 36 417 This danger consists chiefly in the relativization of religion and its phenomena. 1936 J. H. Huizinga Shadow of Tomorrow xiii. 132 The relativisation of morals implied in scientific systems like historical materialism and Freudian psychology. 1968 Language 44 55 Relativization, Relative reduction and Modifier inversion were set up to handle other constructions. 2006 Tablet 14 Oct. 2/2 It is the encroachment of that attitude [sc. that all lifestyles are equally valid], what might be called the relativisation of marriage, that the English and Welsh bishops are warning about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920 |
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