gravitational lensing

English

Noun

gravitational lensing (uncountable)

(astronomy) The action of a star that acts as a gravitational lens and focusses starlight from another star that passes behind it as observed from the Earth

Translations

astrophysics

Greek: βαρυτοπρίσμωση (el) f (varytoprísmosi), βαρυτοπρισμάτωση (el) f (varytoprismátosi)

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