Einstein

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {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}]