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gravitational wave
(redirected from Gravitational wave radiation)

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gravitational wave
n.
A hypothetical wave that is held to propagate the force of gravity and to travel at the speed of light. Also called gravity wave.
gravitational wave
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics another name for gravity wave
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Almost every model of the early universe that people have looked at produces a background of gravitational wave radiation," says Bruce Allen of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Catch a Wave by WEISS, PETER / Science News
It was hypothesized by these men that the energy loss indicated by the observed decaying orbits was due to Einstein's gravitational wave radiation.
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