Definition of relativistic in English:
relativistic
adjective rɛlətɪˈvɪstɪkˌrɛlədəˈvɪstɪk
1Physics
Accurately described only by the theory of relativity.
Example sentencesExamples
- The scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider fired beams of gold nuclei into each other at relativistic speeds, creating a ball of plasma around 300m times hotter than the surface of the sun.
- At some point after its formation, the black hole emits a flare of superheated gases, travelling at relativistic speeds.
- Jammer also accuses Einstein of assuming the expression for the relativistic kinetic energy of a body.
- The program takes into consideration various relativistic effects, such as Lorentz contraction, red/blue Doppler shift, headlight effect and optical aberration.
- And thus we have the birth of relativistic gravitation theory.
2Relating to relativism.
the relativistic nature of human experience
Derivatives
adverb
John found their boundedness and self-sufficiency funny, preposterous, relativistically destabilising.
Example sentencesExamples
- The residual spectrum shows a strong, relativistically broadened iron line, which must originate from matter in the immediate vicinity of the Black Holes.
- But there is a relativistically acceptable concept - the state of things on the surface of a light-cone - that could be used in its place.
- On the other hand, the proposed photon engine is patently relativistic, so we will treat that relativistically.
- It would be better to deny the doctrines than to explain them so relativistically.
Definition of relativistic in US English:
relativistic
adjectiveˌrɛlədəˈvɪstɪkˌrelədəˈvistik
1Physics
Accurately described only by the theory of relativity.
Example sentencesExamples
- At some point after its formation, the black hole emits a flare of superheated gases, travelling at relativistic speeds.
- The scientists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider fired beams of gold nuclei into each other at relativistic speeds, creating a ball of plasma around 300m times hotter than the surface of the sun.
- The program takes into consideration various relativistic effects, such as Lorentz contraction, red/blue Doppler shift, headlight effect and optical aberration.
- And thus we have the birth of relativistic gravitation theory.
- Jammer also accuses Einstein of assuming the expression for the relativistic kinetic energy of a body.
2Relating to relativism.
the relativistic nature of human experience