单词 | unified theory |
释义 | > as lemmasunified (field) theory 2. Special collocation. unified (field) theory (Physics): a field theory that describes two or more of the four interactions (originally gravitation and electromagnetism) previously described by separate theories. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > mutual relation of force and energy > unified theory unified (field) theory1935 grand unified theory1977 GUT1978 1935 E. A. Milne Relativity, Gravitation & World-struct. i. 13 This view is in violent opposition to the demand for a ‘unified field theory’, a demand for further geometrical modification of the space used so as to be able to employ these modifications in describing electro~magnetic phenomena. 1959 Listener 26 Mar. 544/2 The first unified field theory was produced not by Einstein but by Hermann Weyl, in 1918. 1979 New Scientist 1 Mar. 667/2 QCD is a particularly favoured theory because it is very similar to the ‘field theories’ of the other forces in nature, and this would be a great help in formulating ‘GUTs’, the grand unified theories of the strong, weak and electromagnetic forces which currently challenge theorists. 1983 Nature 27 Jan. 285/2 Minimal SU(5), one of the simplest of the ‘grand unified theories’, or GUTs, which links all the non-gravitational forces. < as lemmas |
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