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gravitational lensing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
grav-i-ta-tion-al lens-ing
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of a highly-massive object (such as a star, galaxy, or black hole) that acts as a gravitational lens and focuses light from a light source (such as another star or galaxy) that passes behind it as observed from the Earth.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does gravitational lensing mean?
The action of a highly-massive object (such as a star, galaxy, or black hole) that acts as a gravitational lens and focuses light from a light source (such as another star or galaxy) that passes behind it as observed from the Earth.

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