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Einstein theory

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noun

Physics.
  1. relativity.


Etymology

Origin of Einstein theory

First recorded in 1920–25; named after Albert Einstein

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It is found about as easy to explain ... as the Einstein theory of relativity.”

From Slate Nov. 11, 2011

Cardinal O'Connell would have done well had he not attacked the Einstein theory.

From Time Magazine Archive

No more paradoxical seems the new Einstein theory that Space is the stuff of which Matter is made, that Space is "solid."

From Time Magazine Archive

A professor of mathematics, a critic of the Einstein theory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only one theory has been advanced to account for this discrepancy, and that is the Einstein theory of gravitation.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

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