relativistic
Approaching light's velocity
Relativistic describes phenomena related to Einstein's theory of relativity, particularly effects that become significant at speeds approaching light: relativistic particles, relativistic mass.
More broadly, it describes philosophical positions holding that truth, morality, or knowledge depends on perspective or context rather than being absolute: a relativistic view of ethics.
Unlike the ordinary
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
Lorentz · invariance · simultaneity · equivalence · geodesic · tensor · causality · redshift
Speed control mechanism
- colliderDual-beam particle accelerator
- CERNEuropean nuclear research organization
- synchrotronCircular charged-particle accelerator
- cyclotronSpiral-path particle accelerator
muons · electrons · protons · momentum · velocity · tachyon · superluminal · annihilation
Accordance with reality
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- observerOne who perceives events
postmodernism · interpretation · standpoint · viewpoint · situational · contingent
special
Unlike the ordinary
- generalWidespread, not specialized
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
gravity · Lorentz · invariance · simultaneity · equivalence · geodesic · tensor · causality · redshift · mass-energy
accelerator
Speed control mechanism
- colliderDual-beam particle accelerator
- CERNEuropean nuclear research organization
- synchrotronCircular charged-particle accelerator
cyclotron · muons · electrons · protons · momentum · velocity · tachyon · superluminal · annihilation · antimatter
truth
Accordance with reality
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- subjectivityPersonal viewpoint coloring perception
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
observer · postmodernism · interpretation · standpoint · viewpoint · situational · contingent
quasars
Extremely luminous galactic centers
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
- relativityspacetime, time dilation, space-time, reference frame, E=mc2
- cosmic adjectivesstellar, celestial, cosmic, galactic, solar
- Space Propulsionhyperdrive, warp drive, jump drive, rocket engine, nuclear propulsion
relativisticclassical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
Newtonian · non-relativistic · classical mechanics · Galilean · Newtonian mechanics
relativisticabsolutist
One allowing no exceptions
universalist · objectivist · absolute · essentialist · dogmatic
- relativistic effectsHigh-velocity physical distortions