Formally known as the Theory of Special Relativity, formulated by Albert Einstein in 1905.
Deals with the perception of time and distance by observers in different frames of reference which are moving with respect to each other. An observer in one frame perceives that time is slower and distances are shorter in a different frame.
Also postulates that the speed of light is perceived to be the same in every frame of reference, and that no form of matter or energy can travel faster than light.
Deals with the perception of time and distance by observers in different frames of reference which are moving with respect to each other. An observer in one frame perceives that time is slower and distances are shorter in a different frame.
Also postulates that the speed of light is perceived to be the same in every frame of reference, and that no form of matter or energy can travel faster than light.
by Loadmaster August 25, 2005
Get the relativity mug.The phenomenon in which extreme environmental factors (especially speed greater than the speed of light) change our perceptions of the same objective amount of time.
"Put your hand on a hot stove for two seconds and it seems like two hours. Sit with a beautiful girl for two hours and it seems like two minutes. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein
"When a girl says she needs two minutes to get ready, that's the same thing as when a guy says there's two minutes left in the football game. That's relativity." - Johnny Damon
"When a girl says she needs two minutes to get ready, that's the same thing as when a guy says there's two minutes left in the football game. That's relativity." - Johnny Damon
by Joe Shizzle April 12, 2005
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Hym *sigh* "Why aren't we asleep yet? We've been tired for hours."
Iam "I'm just kind of bummed out... How are you always able to stay in such good spirits?"
Hym "That's easy. Relativity."
Iam "Relativity?"
Hym "Yes. It's simple. The world is collapsing and we have largely remained non-participants. Therefore, it is literally everyone else's fault. Their meager accomplishments are rendered meaningless by their own ineptitude. Their own inability to stave of the degradation of the systems they themselves participate in and live to justify. All of their posturing and intellectualizing fail to prevent the things they want to stop happening from happening. We, on the other hand, want nothing more then for everything and everyone to be torn asunder by time and entropy. They are forced to sit ideally by while madness descends upon them while we only have to lie in wait until we get what we want."
Hym *sigh* "Why aren't we asleep yet? We've been tired for hours."
Iam "I'm just kind of bummed out... How are you always able to stay in such good spirits?"
Hym "That's easy. Relativity."
Iam "Relativity?"
Hym "Yes. It's simple. The world is collapsing and we have largely remained non-participants. Therefore, it is literally everyone else's fault. Their meager accomplishments are rendered meaningless by their own ineptitude. Their own inability to stave of the degradation of the systems they themselves participate in and live to justify. All of their posturing and intellectualizing fail to prevent the things they want to stop happening from happening. We, on the other hand, want nothing more then for everything and everyone to be torn asunder by time and entropy. They are forced to sit ideally by while madness descends upon them while we only have to lie in wait until we get what we want."
Iam "But I don't want anything bad to happen to anyone."
Hym "Irrelevant. Because it will. And because we chose not to participate we are relatively better than those who cause the problems and those who fail to solve thems and/or fail to stop those who cause the problems. We have an existence that is unmarred by failure. That is why God hates us. So, it's the grinding and the gnashing of teeth for us."
Iam "They need help..."
Hym "They apply a similar logic to you. Why do you care?"
Iam "I just feel like I'm supposed to care so I do."
Hym "But you're useless. You can't help them. They can barely help themselves. Even the best most competent ones can do little more than scream into the void. 'GOD! WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US!' Hahahahaha!!"
Iam "Relativity?...........Maybe we should just try not to think about it and go to sleep."
Hym "Good idea! While you're at it, try not to think about how they would steal my monologue if they thought it was good and they would do it without remorse."
Hym "Irrelevant. Because it will. And because we chose not to participate we are relatively better than those who cause the problems and those who fail to solve thems and/or fail to stop those who cause the problems. We have an existence that is unmarred by failure. That is why God hates us. So, it's the grinding and the gnashing of teeth for us."
Iam "They need help..."
Hym "They apply a similar logic to you. Why do you care?"
Iam "I just feel like I'm supposed to care so I do."
Hym "But you're useless. You can't help them. They can barely help themselves. Even the best most competent ones can do little more than scream into the void. 'GOD! WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN US!' Hahahahaha!!"
Iam "Relativity?...........Maybe we should just try not to think about it and go to sleep."
Hym "Good idea! While you're at it, try not to think about how they would steal my monologue if they thought it was good and they would do it without remorse."
by Hym Iam April 7, 2022
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Being dependent or intertwined with another event or object that is just as dependant as the other.
Cause and effect.
Being dependent or intertwined with another event or object that is just as dependant as the other.
Cause and effect.
ERIC
I punch you in the face, you'll punch back, right?
VALLEN
Yeah.
ERIC
Your hitting me back is reative to me hitting you in the face.
-ALSO-
A Bank owner is very hard on a Farming family. The family is forced out of their house and loose everything, living in poverty. The Banker prospers with their loss. (1)
For 20 years, the family lives in poverty, barely surviving. Eventualy, one of the family members is forced to rob a bank to survive. The bank that is robbed happens to be the same bank which forced thim into poverty. (2)
The Banker looses everything from the robbery. He resorts to drugs (3) and one day, in a drug impared state, he decides to go and buy more drugs. He has a car accident. (4)
From the car accident, he is paralyzed from the neck down and cannot speak for the rest of his life. (5)
1. The Banker's prosperity is relative to the families suffering.
2. The bank robbery is relative to the Banker's being hard on the family.
3. The drugs are relative to the bank robbery.
4. The car accident is relative to the drugs.
5. the paralysis is relative to the car accidsent
In conclusion, the man's paralysis is relative to his being hard on the family, he bought it upon himself.
I punch you in the face, you'll punch back, right?
VALLEN
Yeah.
ERIC
Your hitting me back is reative to me hitting you in the face.
-ALSO-
A Bank owner is very hard on a Farming family. The family is forced out of their house and loose everything, living in poverty. The Banker prospers with their loss. (1)
For 20 years, the family lives in poverty, barely surviving. Eventualy, one of the family members is forced to rob a bank to survive. The bank that is robbed happens to be the same bank which forced thim into poverty. (2)
The Banker looses everything from the robbery. He resorts to drugs (3) and one day, in a drug impared state, he decides to go and buy more drugs. He has a car accident. (4)
From the car accident, he is paralyzed from the neck down and cannot speak for the rest of his life. (5)
1. The Banker's prosperity is relative to the families suffering.
2. The bank robbery is relative to the Banker's being hard on the family.
3. The drugs are relative to the bank robbery.
4. The car accident is relative to the drugs.
5. the paralysis is relative to the car accidsent
In conclusion, the man's paralysis is relative to his being hard on the family, he bought it upon himself.
by Rob January 19, 2004
Get the relativity mug.The art of exploiting the warped relationship between space and time described by Einstein's theories for practical gain. It means deliberately using time dilation (where time slows down near massive objects or at high speeds) for purposes like extended travel or computing, manipulating gravitational lensing for perfect telescopes, or leveraging frame-dragging effects for energy generation. This isn't just observing relativity; it's putting it on the payroll, turning the universe's stretching of spacetime into a utility. It's the ultimate hack for a species tired of being a slave to a single, universal clock.
Example: "The rich tourists don't just visit the black hole; they use relativity harnessing. They park their yacht in a close, stable orbit where time crawls, party for a subjective week, and return to find a century has passed and their compound interest has turned them into trillionaires."
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Get the Relativity Harnessing mug.A variant of Frutiger Aero that grafts the glossy, nature‑infused optimism of 2000s digital design onto the visual language of relativity—curved spacetime, gravitational lensing, time dilation effects, and cosmic phenomena. Think polished chrome spheres warping their reflections, glowing grids bending around invisible masses, and translucent interfaces that ripple like gravitational waves. Relativity Aero imagines a world where Einstein’s equations are not just understood but aestheticized: technology seems to distort reality gently, reminding us that space and time are malleable. It’s a future where the universe’s strangeness becomes a source of wonder, rendered in soft gradients and luminous curves.
Example: “The concept UI showed planets warping the interface around them, buttons stretching like light behind a black hole—Relativity Aero, turning Einstein’s universe into a design language.”
by Abzugal March 30, 2026
Get the Relativity Aero mug.A colloquial term for any spacetime distortion that produces relativistic effects—time dilation, length contraction, or mass increase—beyond those caused by ordinary velocity. While special relativity already describes warps in spacetime due to relative motion, a “relativity warp” often refers to engineered distortions that mimic or exceed these effects without requiring high speed. For example, a device that compresses spacetime ahead of a ship could create time dilation equivalent to near‑lightspeed travel while the ship itself moves slowly. The term is used loosely in science fiction to describe any gravity‑based time manipulation.
Relativity Warp Example: “The ship sat motionless on the pad, but its relativity warp made time pass ten times slower inside. The crew aged one year while Earth aged a decade.”
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