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the concept that something has meaning or value only in comparison to something else
- The relativity of happiness became clear, she valued health after illness.
- Cultural relativity reminds us norms differ across societies.
- His wealth's relativity was obvious beside billionaires.
- The relativity of "cold" depends on your acclimation to winter.
- Art's beauty lies in its relativity to the observer's perspective.
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a theory that explains the relationship between motion, space, and time
- Relativity explains why GPS satellites must adjust their clocks for Earth's gravity.
- The famous equation E=mc² comes from special relativity.
- General relativity predicts black holes bend spacetime.
- Time dilation in relativity means astronauts age slightly slower.
- Mercury's orbit confirmed general relativity's accuracy.