einstein

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}]