"Kaluza-Klein theory" meaning in English

See Kaluza-Klein theory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Kaluza-Klein theories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Kaluza-Klein theories}} Kaluza-Klein theory (plural Kaluza-Klein theories)
  1. (physics) A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime. Categories (topical): Physics, Relativity
    Sense id: en-Kaluza-Klein_theory-en-name-doQYNskD Disambiguation of Relativity: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (physics) Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-Kaluza-Klein_theory-en-name-BkoB0YIK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Kaluza-Klein theory meaning in English (3.0kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kaluza-Klein theories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Kaluza-Klein theories"
      },
      "expansion": "Kaluza-Klein theory (plural Kaluza-Klein theories)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Relativity",
          "orig": "en:Relativity",
          "parents": [
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime."
      ],
      "id": "en-Kaluza-Klein_theory-en-name-doQYNskD",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "physicist",
          "physicist"
        ],
        [
          "gravity",
          "gravity"
        ],
        [
          "electromagnetism",
          "electromagnetism"
        ],
        [
          "dimension",
          "dimension"
        ],
        [
          "spacetime",
          "spacetime"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime."
      ],
      "id": "en-Kaluza-Klein_theory-en-name-BkoB0YIK",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kaluza-Klein theory"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Relativity"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kaluza-Klein theories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Kaluza-Klein theories"
      },
      "expansion": "Kaluza-Klein theory (plural Kaluza-Klein theories)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "physicist",
          "physicist"
        ],
        [
          "gravity",
          "gravity"
        ],
        [
          "electromagnetism",
          "electromagnetism"
        ],
        [
          "dimension",
          "dimension"
        ],
        [
          "spacetime",
          "spacetime"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kaluza-Klein theory"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.