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Definition: Einstein |
EinsteinNoun1. 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). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Einstein" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
Synonym: EinsteinSynonym: Albert Einstein (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sage | Wiseacre, bigwig, know-it-all; poor man's Einstein. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Einstein |
| English words defined with "Einstein": acme, Albert Einstein ♦ Bose ♦ Einsteinian, elevation ♦ gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity ♦ height ♦ incomprehensible ♦ peak, pinnacle ♦ Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, summit, superlative ♦ top ♦ uncomprehensible. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Einstein": Einstein relationship, electromigration ♦ Mass-energy equation ♦ photoelectric effect ♦ relativity, Theory of. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Einstein" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (einstein). |
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Screenplays | You took Albert Einstein for a ride on that thing? (I.Q.; writing credit: Andy Breckman and Michael Leeson.) Don't be discouraged, Son, I'm sure Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Oh well, it doesn't take an Einstein to pull the trigger! (Deadly Blessing; writing credit: Glenn M. Benest; Matthew Barr) He's a patent clerk, and I think mister Einstein has some very good ideas. (The Time Machine; writing credit: H.G. Wells; David Duncan) I wish I were Einstein cause then I'd invent a time machine and go back to when you were nice. (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster) | |
Lyrics | '55 Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team ("We Didn't Start The Fire"; performing artist: Billy Joel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Albert Einstein (1972) Einstein contra Babinský (1963) The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923) Der Einstein des Sex (1999) Baby Einstein (1999) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Albert Einstein College of Medicine : Bronx Municipal Hospital Center.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Albert Einstein | Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. |
| I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. | |
| I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos. | |
| I want to know God's thoughts. The rest is just details. | |
| Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. | |
| Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. | |
| I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple. | |
| Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. | |
| Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Einstein" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Einstein" is used about 409 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 409 | 13,773 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Einstein" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Einstein | Last name | 300 | 29,058 |
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| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Einstein Group Plc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Einstein": albert einstein ♦ Einstein relationship ♦ poor man's Einstein. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Einstein": Einstein-maxwell, Einstein-podolsky-rosen. | |
Ending with "Einstein": Bose-einstein. | |
Containing "Einstein": Bose-Einstein statistics. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
albert einstein | 2,754 |
einstein | 1,464 |
baby einstein | 659 |
einstein bagel | 520 |
einstein quote | 151 |
bagel brother einstein | 150 |
bagel bros einstein | 104 |
einstein bros | 83 |
brother einstein | 82 |
einstein picture | 78 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Einstein"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 愛 斯坦 . (various references) | |
Danish | Einstein-relation (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
Dutch | relatie van Einstein (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
Finnish | Einsteinin relaatio (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
French | relation d'Einstein (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
German | Einsteinsche Beziehung (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
Greek | Αϊνστάιν. (various references) | |
Hungarian | einstein, egy mól foton. (various references) | |
Italian | equazione di Einstein (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | einsteinay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | relação de Einstein (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
Russian | эйнштейн. (various references) | |
Spanish | relación de Einstein (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
Swedish | Einstein-relationen (Einstein relationship). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Einstein": einsteinium, einsteiniums, einsteins. (additional references) | |
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"Einstein" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ainstey, Arndstein, Arnstein, Beilstein, Eijsden, Einsteins, einstien, Jenstein. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nineties. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-n-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: intense, intines, sienite, tennies. | |
-2 letters: intine, seniti, sennet, sennit, tennis. | |
-3 letters: inset, intis, neist, nenes, nines, nisei, nites, seine, sente, senti, stein, teens, tense, tines. | |
-4 letters: inns, inti, nene, nest, nets, nine, nisi, nite, nits, seen, sene, sent, sine, site, snit, teen, tees, tens, ties, tine, tins. | |
-5 letters: ens, inn, ins, its, nee, net, nit, see, sei, sen, set, sin, sit, tee, ten, tie, tin, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-i-i-n-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: einsteins, intensive, intestine. | |
+2 letters: eternising, ethionines, finiteness, incentives, inexistent, inseminate, insentient, insistence, intensives, interlines, intestines, lentigines, ninetieths, tininesses. | |
+3 letters: ancientries, antiscience, benignities, creatinines, dinnertimes, dissentient, einsteinium, incinerates, incitements, indefinites, indehiscent, indemnities, inessential, inexistence, ingenuities, ingredients, inseminated, inseminates, insensitive, insentience, insistences, intensified, intensifier, intensifies, intensities, intensively, interesting, interliners, intermedins, internalise, intertwines, inventories, methionines, misentering, neostigmine, nonentities, reenlisting, reinserting, reinsertion, reinvesting, reminiscent, renitencies, sedimenting, sentineling, tiemannites, tinninesses. | |
+4 letters: antiheroines, antisciences, benedictions, containerise, daintinesses, definiteness, delineations, disincentive, disinterment, dissentients, einsteiniums, enterprising, femininities, finitenesses, flintinesses, geanticlines, impenitences, impingements, incentivizes, indirectness, inefficients, inessentials, inexistences, infiniteness, inheritances, insentiences, insistencies, intensifiers, intercession, interleukins, interlinears, intermeshing, intermingles, internalised, internalises, internalizes, intersecting, intersection, intersession, intimateness, intrepidness, itinerancies, langbeinites, meningitides, multiengines, neostigmines, nephelinites, nonsensitive, pentamidines, pertinencies, predestining, punitiveness, reinfections, reinjections, reinsertions, reinspecting, reinspection, reinventions, remoistening, retiringness, sentinelling, sinisterness, stinginesses, stringencies, tendinitises, tendonitises, tenebrionids, transiencies, unsensitized, untidinesses, untimeliness, westernising, westernizing, wintrinesses. | |
+5 letters: amniocentesis, anesthetizing, antirecession, astringencies, bicentenaries, bicentennials, cinquecentist, consistencies, containerised, containerises, containerizes, contingencies, denominatives, desensitizing, disheartening, disincentives, disinterments, disinvestment, energizations, enregistering, eternizations, externalising, fittingnesses, freethinkings, guanethidines, identicalness, impertinences, inanimateness, inclinometers, inconsecutive, inconsiderate, inconsistence, incontinences, indeterminism, indeterminist, infringements, initialnesses, insatiateness, insensitively, insincerities, intellections, intelligences, intenerations, intensiveness, interceptions, intercessions, interestingly, interinvolves, interjections, internalities, intersections, intersessions, interspersing, interspersion, interventions, intransigence, intricateness, intrusiveness, intuitiveness, invectiveness, inveiglements, inventiveness, inviolateness, kittenishness, lieutenancies, liltingnesses, miscegenation, necessitarian, necessitating, necessitation, nonesterified, nonidentities, orienteerings, overinsistent, overintensity, painterliness, plaintiveness, pneumonitides, premoistening, pretensioning, questionnaire, rechristening, redefinitions, reindictments, reinfestation, reinspections, reminiscently, resensitizing, saintlinesses, sedimentation, sensitiveness, skeletonising, skeletonizing, spontaneities, stringinesses, uncertainties, unfriendliest, uninteresting, unreminiscent, veterinarians. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 69 6E 73 74 65 69 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .. -. ... - . .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101001 01101110 01110011 01110100 01100101 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E i n s t e i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0069 006E 0073 0074 0065 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3975808586717580 |
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