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ALBERT EINSTEIN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
Synonyms:
Albert Einstein; Einstein
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Instance hypernyms:
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)