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Definitions for einstein
ˈaɪn staɪnein·stein

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Einstein, Albert Einsteinnoun

    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)

  2. genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einsteinnoun

    someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

    "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

Wiktionary

  1. Einsteinnoun

    An extremely clever or intelligent person.

    Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

  2. Einsteinnoun

    Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th Century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.

  3. einsteinnoun

    (photochemistry) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.

    Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

  4. Etymology: Named in honor of Albert Einstein, who explained the photoelectric effect.

Wikipedia

  1. Einstein

    Albert Einstein ( EYEN-styne; German: [ˈalbɛʁt ˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn] (listen); 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity, but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Relativity and quantum mechanics are the two pillars of modern physics. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from relativity theory, has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. His intellectual achievements and originality resulted in "Einstein" becoming synonymous with "genius". Einsteinium, one of the synthetic elements in the periodic table, was named in his honor.In 1905, a year sometimes described as his annus mirabilis ('miracle year'), Einstein published four groundbreaking papers. These outlined the theory of the photoelectric effect, explained Brownian motion, introduced special relativity, and demonstrated mass-energy equivalence. Einstein thought that the laws of classical mechanics could no longer be reconciled with those of the electromagnetic field, which led him to develop his special theory of relativity. He then extended the theory to gravitational fields; he published a paper on general relativity in 1916, introducing his theory of gravitation. In 1917, he applied the general theory of relativity to model the structure of the universe. He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory, which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules. He also investigated the thermal properties of light and the quantum theory of radiation, which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light. However, for much of the later part of his career, he worked on two ultimately unsuccessful endeavors. First, despite his great contributions to quantum mechanics, he opposed what it evolved into, objecting that "God does not play dice". Second, he attempted to devise a unified field theory by generalizing his geometric theory of gravitation to include electromagnetism. As a result, he became increasingly isolated from the mainstream of modern physics. Einstein was born in the German Empire, but moved to Switzerland in 1895, forsaking his German citizenship (as a subject of the Kingdom of Württemberg) the following year. In 1897, at the age of 17, he enrolled in the mathematics and physics teaching diploma program at the Swiss Federal polytechnic school in Zürich, graduating in 1900. In 1901, he acquired Swiss citizenship, which he kept for the rest of his life, and in 1903 he secured a permanent position at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern. In 1905, he was awarded a PhD by the University of Zurich. In 1914, Einstein moved to Berlin in order to join the Prussian Academy of Sciences and the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1917, Einstein became director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics; he also became a German citizen again, this time Prussian. In 1933, while Einstein was visiting the United States, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, as a Jew, objected to the policies of the newly elected Nazi government; he settled in the United States and became an American citizen in 1940. On the eve of World War II, he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential German nuclear weapons program and recommending that the US begin similar research. Einstein supported the Allies but generally denounced the idea of nuclear weapons.

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  1. einstein

    Einstein is most widely recognized as a reference to Albert Einstein, a theoretical physicist and mathematician who is internationally acclaimed for developing the theory of relativity. The term 'Einstein' itself came to symbolize someone possessing exceptional intelligence or creative thinking. It is also used in the scientific community to denote a unit of radiant energy.

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  1. Einstein

    Einstein is a fictional character from the Back to the Future film trilogy.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. EINSTEIN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Einstein is ranked #34390 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Einstein surname appeared 659 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Einstein.

    94.5% or 623 total occurrences were White.
    2.5% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of einstein in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of einstein in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of einstein in a Sentence

  1. Bruce Morrison:

    We called it the Einstein visa.

  2. Sir John Collins Squire, "A Random Walk in Science" compiled by R. L. Weber, edited by E. Mendoza:

    It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.

  3. Mark Einstein:

    There's not many cancers for which the stage four prevalence is going up, particularly for a cancer that has both a prevention component to it that's medical in nature, not lifestyle in nature. In this case Mark Einstein have a vaccine, and that has a routinized, regularly deployed screening.

  4. Sidney Madwed:

    The finest gift you can give anyone is encoragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond the wildest dreams. We would have more than one Einstein, Edison, Schweitzer, Mother Theresa, Dr. Salk and other great minds in a century.

  5. Mica Mosbacher:

    As a former GOP establishment member, I realized that the RNC fit the definition of Einstein's theory of crazy. During the last two election cycles, The Party kept doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result and as a result, Republicans kept losing.

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