9 sentences with “relative”

Einstein's theory of relativity proposes that space and time are relative and depend on the observer.

There was a relative shortage of Greeks relative to the native populations, and therefore the Seleucids were also the most diverse.

The Persian kings introduced a system of government that allowed them to gather intelligence and maintain control over such a vast area with relative success.

The Sophists had no shared philosophical doctrine other than this idea that truth was relative and that the focus of life should be on individual achievement.

Egypt's relative isolation meant that it had never needed to develop more advanced weapons, a fact that the Hyksos were able to take advantage of, belatedly bringing the large-scale use of bronze with them.

Compared to some later periods, it was a time of relative stability and, although sometimes interrupted by short-lived wars, for the most part peaceful relations were maintained between the different states.

What the Greeks had never done, however, was to spread that culture and those beliefs to non-Greeks, both because of Greek belief in their own superiority and because of their relative weakness in the face of great empires like Persia.

Even the largest of the Bronze Age empires existed in a state of relative precariousness, relying on regular harvests to not only feed their populations, but also to sustain the governments, armies and building projects of their states as a whole.

It is even possible that certain echolocated objects may be perceived a little on the inside, given their relative transparency to sound. There is evidence that a dolphin "sees" the last thing a herdmate ate, because it detects its visceral hollows and measures their degree of repletion. Otherwise, it almost certainly notices clearly that the diver filming it has a platinum thigh prosthesis (metal returns much more of an echo than bone, it is "shinier").