einstein

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noun 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)
noun someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

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

Aren't we the Einstein of Sushi land. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Half the time, Einstein couldn't have tracked what they were doing. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
Will mean to biology what Einstein has meant to mathematics and physics. — At the mountains of madness, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

Albert Einstein

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