(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.
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Gravitational field
a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass
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(physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of ener…
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the…
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence)
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be…
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.happening or existing or done at the same time
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.happening or existing or done at the same time
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located
Used in the same subject area: Relativity, Physics.
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The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.the mass of air surrounding the Earth; "there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere"; "it was exposed to the air"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not suffic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for restraining motion within given limits, or for holding so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: field, force, surrounding, body, finite.
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