"gravitational lens" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gravitational lenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gravitational lens (plural gravitational lenses)
  1. (astronomy) A distribution of matter whose gravitational field bends the path of light rays sufficiently to distort, magnify or multiply images of more distant objects. Wikipedia link: gravitational lens Categories (topical): Astronomy, Relativity Related terms: gravitational lensing, gravitational microlensing, Einstein ring Translations (astronomy: body whose gravitational field bends light rays): gravita lenso (Esperanto), painovoimalinssi (Finnish), lentille gravitationnelle [feminine] (French), macrolentille [feminine] (French), mirage gravitationnel [masculine] (French), Gravitationslinse [feminine] (German), lente gravitazionale [feminine] (Italian), lentilă gravitațională [feminine] (Romanian), dagsining paningob (Tagalog)

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