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einstein

/ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/

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What does einstein mean?

noun

  1. (informal) A genius; a very smart person.
  2. (informal) An idiot; a very stupid person.
  3. A shape that can be repeated to cover a plane with a nonrepeating pattern.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. An extremely clever or intelligent person.
  2. (dated) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.

proper noun

  1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
  2. A surname from German.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈaɪnˌʃtaɪn/
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It seems to me the common man would as soon understand Einstein as this definition.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
In a letter sponsored by group of concerned scientists, Albert Einstein informed President Roosevelt that German experiments had shown that an induced nuclear chain reaction was possible and could be used to construct extremely powerful bombs (7; 12)*.
Carl R. Maag; Steve RohrerProject Trinity, 1945-1946Project Gutenberg ebook #548