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Einsteinian

Syllables: Ein·stein·i·anUK/aɪnˈstaɪ.nɪ.ən/

Einsteinian adjective: of or relating to the German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein or his scientific theories.

einsteinian: of or relating to the German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein or his scientific theories
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Adjective

Einsteinian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein or his scientific theories.
    • Referring to equations (1) and (2), which give respectively the Newtonian-Einsteinian transformations and the transformations from R and L times to Newtonian or Einsteinian times, we see a decided resemblance between them.1924, University of California Publications in Philosophy, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 250
    • The blasphemies which appeared on earth, it was hinted, came from the dark planet Yuggoth, at the rim of the solar system; but this was itself merely the populous outpost of a frightful interstellar race whose ultimate source must lie far outside even the Einsteinian space-time continuum or...1931 August, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Whisperer in Darkness”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XVIII, number 1, Indianapolis, Ind....
    Synonyms:
    Einsteiny
    Antonyms:
    non-Einsteinian, un-Einsteinian

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Origin of Einsteinian

From German Einstein, the surname of Albert Einstein (1879–1955) + English -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).

Words formed from Einsteinian

Questions about Einsteinian

What does Einsteinian mean?
Einsteinian means of or relating to the German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein or his scientific theories.
What part of speech is Einsteinian?
Einsteinian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Einsteinian?
Einsteinian is pronounced /aɪnˈstaɪ.nɪ.ən/ (UK).

Words near Einsteinian in the dictionary

  1. Einstein-Rosen bridges
  2. Einstein-Szilárd refrigerator
  3. Einstein-Szilárd refrigerators
  4. Einsteinette
  5. Einsteinettes
  6. Einsteinian
  7. Einsteinian relativity
  8. Einsteinianism
  9. Einsteinism
  10. einsteinium
  11. einsteins

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