Einsteinian

Definition

Of or relating to the German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein or his scientific theories.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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 greatest known cosmos."
• "If a physicist in the early part of this century were trying to decide whether to accept an Einsteinian conception of space and time, the issue would not be, 'Is the Einsteinian account true?' […] The issue to be addressed is the pragmatic question of whether the new Einsteinian conception seems to solve what are regarded as the most pressing current puzzles, has the greater scope for future explanation, etc."

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