"einstein" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: einsteins [plural]
Etymology: Named in honor of Albert Einstein, who explained the photoelectric effect. Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (unit)}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} einstein (plural einsteins)
  1. (photochemistry, dated) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance. Tags: dated Derived forms (one mole of photons): microeinstein Translations (one mole of photons): ajnsztajn [masculine] (Polish), einstein [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-G1LKsE-Q Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 29 33 8 8 1 5 Disambiguation of 'one mole of photons': 79 11 11 Disambiguation of 'one mole of photons': 79 11 11
  2. (informal) A genius; a very smart person. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-OFpC6WbQ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 29 33 8 8 1 5 Synonyms: boffin, brain, brainiac, bright spark, egghead, geek, nerd, Poindexter, poindexter, propeller head, shrewd article, smart cookie, supernerd, whiz
  3. (informal) A genius; a very smart person.
    (by extension, informal, sarcastic) An idiot; a very stupid person.
    Tags: broadly, informal, sarcastic Related terms (fool): no shit, Sherlock
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Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: einsteins [plural]
Etymology: From German ein Stein, "one stone", coined by scientists in recent decades, but with tongue-in-cheek tacit acknowledgment of the homonymy with einstein and Einstein; "a pun playing with the famous scientist's name and the German term "ein Stein" for "one stone". Etymology templates: {{wp|+ problem}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} einstein (plural einsteins)
  1. (mathematics, physics) A shape that can be repeated to cover a plane with a nonrepeating pattern. Related terms: aperiodic, monotiling, tessellation
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-V18~gcf6 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Mathematics, Physics, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 8 15 19 57 Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
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Etymology number: 2

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