WordNet
general relativity theory
n. a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) [syn: general relativity, general theory of relativity, Einstein's general theory of relativity]
Usage examples of "general relativity theory".
Over the past thirty years he has made major contributions to general relativity theory, to numerical analysis, to the global geometry of space-time, and to the problem of tiling the plane with simple shapes.
Principally, Einstein's general relativity theory acquires a graceful symmetry in 4D.