"teleparallelism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: tele- + parallelism Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|tele|parallelism}} tele- + parallelism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} teleparallelism (uncountable)
  1. (physics) An early attempt at unifying electromagnetism and gravity, according to which a spacetime is characterized by a curvature-free linear connection in conjunction with a metric tensor field, both defined in terms of a dynamical tetrad field. Wikipedia link: teleparallelism Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: teleparallel gravity
    Sense id: en-teleparallelism-en-noun-zz309BQK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with tele- Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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