Physics vs Relativity - What's the difference?
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The branch of science concerned with the study of properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
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Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those studied in physics.
(physic)
The state of being relative to something else.
(physics) The principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers.
(relativity) Either of two theories (special relativity or general relativity) developed by German-American physicist . Also called Einsteinian relativity .
As nouns the difference between physics and relativity
is that physics is the branch of science concerned with the study of properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy or physics can be while relativity is the state of being relative to something else.As a verb physics
is (physic).physics
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(wikipedia physics)Alternative forms
* physicks (obsolete)Noun
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- Newtonian physics''' was extended by Einstein to explain the effects of travelling near the speed of light; quantum '''physics extends it to account for the behaviour of atoms.
- The physics of car crashes would not let Tom Cruise walk away like that.
