geometrodynamics
/dʒiːə(ʊ)ˌmɛtrə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪks/Physics
noun
With singular concord. An interpretation of general relativity in which physical phenomena are attributed to the geometrical properties of curved empty space evolving in time, quantum formulations of which are thought by some physicists to form a route to a self-consistent quantum theory of gravity.
- Chiefly associated with the American physicist J. A. Wheeler (1911–2008)..
Origin
1950s. From geometr- + -o- + dynamics.
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