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special relativity

physical theory of measurement in an inertial frame of reference proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein
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Summary

special relativity is a scientific theory[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of scientific theory entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,459 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Albert Einstein[3]
  • Instance of: physical law[4]
  • Part of: theory of relativity[5]
  • Commons category: Special relativity[6]
  • Inception: 1905[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1905[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Special relativity[9]
  • Described by source: On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[11]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/special-relativity[12], https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/special-relativity[13]
  • Has characteristic: mass in special relativity[14]
  • History of topic: history of special relativity[15]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Formulations of special relativity[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[17], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
  • Invariant under: Lorentz transformation[19]

Why It Matters

special relativity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Albert Einstein

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Shocksingularity · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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