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Relativity Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions 2025
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General Relativity - The geometric theory of gravitation developed by Albert
Einstein, incorporating and extending the theory of special relativity to
accelerated frames of reference and introducing the principle that gravitational
and inertial forces are equivalent
Special Relativity - Describes how time and space are affected by motion at a
constant velocity (especially very fast velocities).
Describes how mass and energy are interrelated.
space-time - space and time are part of the same whole
motion is relative - - motion of objects is always described as relative to
something else.
speed of light is constant - the speed of light is the same for all observers
regardless the motion of the source or observer
reference frame - A perspective from which the position and motion of a
system can be described
first postulate of special relativity - the idea that the laws of physics are the
same and can be stated in their simplest form in all inertial frames of reference
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