English Dictionary

Kaluza-Klein theory

name

(physics) A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime.

The Kaluza-Klein theory proposes that the universe has additional dimensions beyond the three we can perceive.

意味（1）

(physics) A model (not believed to be literally true) developed by physicists Theodor Kaluza and Oskar Klein that attempted to combine gravity and electromagnetism by adding a fifth dimension to our four-dimensional spacetime.

意味（2）

(physics) Any of a number of theories that try to explain forces by adding extra dimensions to our spacetime.