WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
spe′cial the′ory of relativ′ity, [Physics.]
  1. PhysicsSee under relativity (def. 2). Also called spe′cial relativ′ity. 
  • 1915–20

'special theory of relativity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
relativity - Lorentz transformation - relativistic quantum mechanics

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