special relativity
Physics
noun
= special theory of relativity.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Times. Perhaps after German spezielle Relativität (although this is apparently first attested slightly later than in English: 1920 (in a work by Einstein) or earlier).
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- Rutherford scattering
- Rutherford's formula
- Rutherford, Sir Ernest
- Rutherford's law
- Rutherford's model
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