gravitational lens

English

Noun

gravitational lens (plural gravitational lenses)

1. (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
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• German: Gravitationslinse (de) f
• Romanian: lentilă gravitațională f
• Tagalog: dagsining paningob