Einsteinianadj.
/ʌɪnˈʃtʌɪnɪən//ʌɪnˈstʌɪnɪən/ Pertaining to or characteristic of Einstein or his theories.
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1925 C. E. M. Joad Mind & Matter 46 In an Einsteinian universe the velocity of light is the greatest velocity possible.
1928 Observer 25 Mar. 9/4 Einsteinian physics.
1937 Mind 46 101 He rejects the view which would confine the importance of the Einsteinian relativity theory to scientific method.
1941 D. L. Sayers Mind of Maker iii. 33 We may say..that Einsteinian physics has superseded Newtonian physics.
1959 Encounter Dec. 64/2 I confused Bergsonian time with Einsteinian time.
1968 ‘E. McGirr’ Lead-lined Coffin ii. 55 Once in every few years one of these thousands of men shows he has a brain of Einsteinian capacity.
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adj.1925