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GRAVITATION WAVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does gravitation wave mean?

• GRAVITATION WAVE (noun)
The noun GRAVITATION WAVE has 1 sense:

1. (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

Familiarity information: GRAVITATION WAVE used as a noun is very rare.

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• GRAVITATION WAVE (noun)

Sense 1

gravitation wave ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

gravitation wave; gravity wave

Hypernyms ("gravitation wave" is a kind of...):

undulation; wave ((physics) a movement up and down or back and forth)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

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