einstein

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einstein - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Einstein
      n 1: 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) [syn: Einstein, Albert Einstein]
      2: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
         originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
         he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain,
         brainiac, Einstein]