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special relativity
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special relativity [′spesh·əl rel·ə′tiv·əd·ē]
(relativity)
The division of relativity theory which relates the observations of observers moving with constant relative velocities and postulates that natural laws are the same for all such observers.


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Einstein's theory of special relativity describes why a high-speed gas is especially compressible.
The talk is scheduled on the 100th anniversary of Einstein's introduction of the theory of special relativity, which he refined in 1916 in more complete form as general relativity.
Einstein's paper on the theory of special relativity was the result of his daily commute.
 
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