Einsteinn.
/ˈʌɪnstʌɪn/, /ˈʌɪnʃtʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/ Used attributively or in the possessive to designate certain theories and principles enunciated by Einstein or arising out of his work.
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1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 359/2 According to Einstein's theory all energy possesses mass.
1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics II. 595/1 Richardson has shown that Einstein's equation may be derived by thermodynamic and statistical methods.
1923 J. M. Murry Pencillings 68 To some the Einstein theory may show the way of reconciliation.
1927 A. S. Eddington Stars & Atoms 52 The Einstein effect is proportional to the mass divided by the radius of the star.
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Einstein shift, the difference in wave-length..between light emitted by a source of a definite nature in the sun..and that emitted by a like source on the earth.
1958 Listener 11 Dec. 973/1 Eddington remained faithful to this idea that the universe evolved from the static but unstable Einstein universe.
1967 Handbk. Chem. & Physics (Chem. Rubber Co.) (ed. 48) F-69 Einstein theory for mass-energy equivalence, the equivalence of a quantity of mass m and a quantity of energy E by the formula E =mc2. The conversion factor c2 is the square of the velocity of light.
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b. A (usually mathematical or scientific) genius comparable to Einstein. Also used ironically.
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1942 O. Nash Good Intentions 292 Do you know Mr. Ganderdonk, he is no Einstein, he has no theories of Time and Space.
1944 D. L. Champion in Dime Detective Feb. 22/2 I thought that over for a moment and felt like all the morons Allhoff had ever called me when Battersby, who was no Einstein, got it before me.
1946 G. B. Shaw Geneva Pref. 24 In mathematics we have not only Newtons and Einsteins, but obscure illiterate ‘lightning calculators’.
1962 E. Cleaver in Negro Hist. Bull. 25 128/3 This Einstein had a more difficult, arduous and exacting quest.
1987 Sports Illustr. 9 Nov. 96/2 The definition of an MVP is best left to basketball Einsteins.
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2. Physics. (Usually written einstein.) [ < German Einstein (Bodenstein & Wagner 1929, in Zeitschr. f. physik. Chem. B. III. 456).] A unit of light energy, equal to that contained in one mole of photons of a specified frequency.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > photon particle > [noun] > unit of light energy
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1929 Chem. Abstr. 23 4408 By analogy with electrochemistry, a unit of 6.06 × 1023 quanta is to be called one ‘light equiv.’ or ‘einstein’ and is to be denoted by the letter E.
1935 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 57 445/1 The amounts of light used in these experiments were from 2 to 4 × 10−5 einsteins of λ 2537.
1956 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (Industr. ed.) Sept. 1491/1 The intensity of sunlight is taken as 2 cal./sq. cm. per minute or 4.7 × 10−7 einsteins/sq. cm. per second.
1965 Seliger & McElroy Light v. 230 Thus a mole equivalent of blue light (an Einstein or 6.025 × 1023 quanta) at a wavelength of 450 mμ is equal to 64 kcal.
1971 Nature 27 Aug. 648/1 Sporulation..is induced at the growing edge of..cultures of the imperfect fungus Trichoderma viride Pers. ex Fries by minuscule quantities of blue light; the half maximum response is reached with 6.6 × 10−10 Einsteins/cm2 at 447 nm.
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