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the state of having a relation to or connection with or being necessarily reliant upon something else
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Recent Examples of relativity
My team showed how to use the relativity principle in conjunction with the principles of quantum information theory to account for quantum entangled particles.
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William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
The most groundbreaking innovations, from the theory of relativity to the invention of the internet, emerged not from data analysis but from a human’s capacity to dream beyond the existing framework.
—Rob Reilly, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
In quantum field theory, a combination of quantum physics and Einstein’s relativity leads to a crucial relationship between a resonant frequency and the mass of an elementary particle: The more rapidly a stationary particle vibrates, the greater its mass.
—Matt Strassler, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
With space and time so intimately linked in relativity, any account of how space emerges must also explain time.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
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William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
The most groundbreaking innovations, from the theory of relativity to the invention of the internet, emerged not from data analysis but from a human’s capacity to dream beyond the existing framework.
—Rob Reilly, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024
In quantum field theory, a combination of quantum physics and Einstein’s relativity leads to a crucial relationship between a resonant frequency and the mass of an elementary particle: The more rapidly a stationary particle vibrates, the greater its mass.
—Matt Strassler, Quanta Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
With space and time so intimately linked in relativity, any account of how space emerges must also explain time.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
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“Relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relativity. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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