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一般相対論 (いっぱんそうたいろん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ般ぱん相そう対たい論ろん

Meanings

1

noun

general theory of relativity

abbreviationphysics

Abbreviation of 一般相対性理論, used in physics contexts.

See also: 一般相対性理論

一いっ般ぱん相そう対たい論ろんは重じゅう力りょくを時じ空くうの歪ひずみとして説せつ明めいする。
The general theory of relativity explains gravity as the curvature of spacetime.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
般carrier, carry, all
相inter-, mutual, together
対

vis-a-vis, opposite, even

論argument, discourse

Similar words

一いっ般ぱん相そう対たい性せい理り論ろん
Full, formal term for the general theory of relativity; 一般相対論 is the common abbreviation.
特とく殊しゅ相そう対たい論ろん
Abbreviation for special theory of relativity, which deals with inertial frames and does not include gravity.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 一般相対性理論 (ippan sōtaisei riron), itself a calque from German 'allgemeine Relativitätstheorie' or English 'general theory of relativity'.