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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAVITATIONAL LENS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAVITATIONAL LENS

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Gravitational lens is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GRAVITATIONAL LENS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Gravitational lens

A gravitational lens refers to a distribution of plates between a distant source and an observer, that is capable of bending the light from the source, as it travels towards the observer. This effect is known as gravitational lensing and is one of the predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. Although Orest Chwolson or Frantisek Klin are sometimes credited as being the first ones to discuss the effect in print, the effect is more commonly associated with Einstein, who published a more famous article on the subject in 1936. Fritz Zwicky posited in 1937 that the effect could allow galaxy clusters to act as gravitational lenses. It was not until 1979 that this effect was confirmed by observation of the so-called "Twin QSO" SBS 0957+561.

Definition of gravitational lens in the English dictionary

The definition of gravitational lens in the dictionary is a lenslike effect in which light rays are bent when passing through the gravitational field of such massive objects as galaxies or black holes.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAVITATIONAL LENS

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Synonyms and antonyms of gravitational lens in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «gravitational lens» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAVITATIONAL LENS

Find out the translation of gravitational lens to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gravitational lens from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gravitational lens» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

引力透镜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lente gravitacional
570 millions of speakers

English

gravitational lens
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुरुत्वाकर्षण लेंस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عدسة الجاذبية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гравитационная линза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lente gravitacional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মহাকর্ষীয় লেন্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lentille gravitationnelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanta graviti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gravitationslinse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重力レンズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중력 렌즈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lensa gravitasi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thấu kính hấp dẫn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஈர்ப்பு லென்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुरुत्वाकर्षणाचे लेन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yerçekimi merceği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lente gravitazionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

soczewka grawitacyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гравітаційна лінза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lentilă gravitațională
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

βαρυτικός φακός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gravitasielens
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gravitationslins
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

gravitasjonslinse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gravitational lens

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAVITATIONAL LENS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gravitational lens

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAVITATIONAL LENS»

Discover the use of gravitational lens in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gravitational lens and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Deep Space Flight and Communications: Exploiting the Sun as ...
The majority of books dealing with prospects for interstellar flight tackle the problem of the propulsion systems that will be needed to send a craft on an interstellar trajectory.
Claudio Maccone, 2009
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Mapping the Sun as a Transparent Gravitational Lens
The transparent Sun as a gravitational lens may serve as a unique astrophysical telescope.
Bijunath R. Patla, 2008
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Gravitational Lenses
This book is the first monograph (outside the USSR) on this topic.
P. Schneider, J. Ehlers, E.E. Falco, 1999
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Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity ...
How a gravitational lens works 333 ©-=. ... Position of star Astronomer Galaxy acting as gravitational lens Figure 23.3. ... How a gravitational lens works The most spectacular photographs of gravitational lenses are of systems with multiple  ...
Bernard Schutz, 2003
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Gravitational Lens Environments: Improving Lensing ...
Additionally, I have found that knowledge of the lens environments can help in the interpretation of structural parameters of the lenses.
Matthew W. Auger, 2008
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Singularity Theory and Gravitational Lensing
However, as light rays get very close to the point mass, the gravitational lensing approximation starts to break down (since our weak-field assumption — namely, | </>|/c2 <K 1 — fails). Single Lens Plane The gravitational lens (and lensing ...
Arlie O. Petters, Harold Levine, Joachim Wambsganss, 2001
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Autodynamics: Fundamental Basis for a New Relativistic Mechanics
THE GRAVITATIONAL LENS The issue has two aspects: Theoretical and Observational. From the theoretical viewpoint, the phenomenon is possible within all theories where gravitational force can bend light. The gravitational lens is ...
Ricardo L. Carezani, 1999
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Gravitational Lensing and Microlensing
J. 185, 397. [Re64] Refsdal S. (1964), "The gravitational lens effect" Month. Not. R . Astron. Soc. 128, 295. [Re66] Refsdal, S. (1996), "On the possibility of determining the distances and masses of stars from the gravitational lens effect", Month.
Silvia Mollerach, Esteban Roulet, 2002
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Exercises in Astronomy
J. Kleczek. MIRAGES CAUSED BY A GRAVITATIONAL LENS JEAN SURDEJ lnstitut d'Astrophysique, Universite de Liege, 5, Av. de Cointe, Ougree-Liege, Belgium Unlike most of the important discoveries reported in astronomy, the physics of ...
J. Kleczek, 1987
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Meso-optics: Foundations and Applications
The term "gravitational lens" has been introduced to describe a phenomenon which we observe in our universe. However we know well that a "gravitational lens" is indeed not at all a lens and represents an example of the meso-optical ...
Lev Markovich Soroko, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAVITATIONAL LENS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gravitational lens is used in the context of the following news items.
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A black hole under the gravitational lens
This discovery was made possible by a micro-gravitational lens effect that occurs by chance and selectively amplifies the light from different ... «Space Daily, Jul 15»
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ESA uses cosmic lens to explore the secrets of a distant black hole
... a distant supermassive black hole, using an opportune gravitational lens to make observations that would otherwise have been impossible. «Gizmag, Jul 15»
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Public Release: 8-Jul-2015 A black hole under the gravitational lens
IMAGE: Looking at a distant galaxy: the radio chart (left) shows the image of the blazar PKS 1830-211 distorted by the gravitational lens effect. «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
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Gravitational lens allows study of supermassive black hole beyond …
... and Swift space telescopes have been able to study the area around PKS 1830-211 with unprecedented clarity thanks to a gravitational lens. «The Space Reporter, Jul 15»
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ALMA captures sharpest ever view of star formation in the distant …
This particular class of gravitational lens is known as an Einstein ring. The faintness of the center of the image acts as an indicator for the mass ... «Gizmag, Jun 15»
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ALMA uses gravitational lens to image monstrous galaxy near the …
A gravitational lens created by a massive foreground galaxy 3.4 billion light-years from us acts as a natural telescope, magnifying the image of ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
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Gravitational Lens Reveals Distant Galaxy In Unprecedented Detail
The resulting reconstructed image of the distant galaxy (right) using sophisticated models of the magnifying gravitational lens, reveal fine ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
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'Gravitational Lens' Magnifies Images Of Stars Being Born To Reveal …
The ALMA telescope has captured the most detailed images yet of star formation. A phenomenon known as gravitational lensing made the ... «Tech Times, Jun 15»
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Ring-Shaped Spyglass to Early Universe
This composite combines ALMA and Hubble Space Telescope images of the rare gravitational lens known as an Einstein Ring. The diffuse ... «Sky & Telescope, Apr 15»
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Animation of a gravitational lens creating an Einstein ring
Astronomers have discovered that a distant galaxy seen from Earth with the aid of a gravitational lens appears like a cosmic ring, thanks to the highest resolution ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»

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