relativistic

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌrɛlətɪˈvɪstɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rel′ə tə vistik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rel•a•tiv•is•tic  (rel′ə tə vistik),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of or pertaining to relativity or relativism.
  2. Physics
    • subject to the special or the general theory of relativity.
    • Physics(of a velocity) having a magnitude that is a significant fraction of the speed of light.
    • Physics(of a particle) having a relativistic velocity:radiation from relativistic electrons.
  • relativist + -ic 1885–90
rel′a•tiv•isti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
relativistic /ˌrɛlətɪˈvɪstɪk/ adj
  1. having or involving a speed close to that of light so that the behaviour is described by the theory of relativity rather than by Newtonian mechanics: a relativistic electron, a relativistic velocity
  2. of, concerned with, or involving relativity
  3. of or relating to relativism
ˌrelativˈistically adv
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