gravitational lens

English

Noun

gravitational lens (plural gravitational lenses)

(astronomy) A massive body that produces distorted, magnified or multiple images of more distant objects when its gravitational field bends the path of light rays.

Related terms

gravitational lensing

Translations

astronomy: body big enough to bend light rays

Esperanto: gravita lenso
Finnish: painovoimalinssi
French: lentille gravitationnelle (fr) f, macrolentille f, mirage gravitationnel (fr) m

German: Gravitationslinse (de) f
Romanian: lentilă gravitațională f
Tagalog: dagsining paningob

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