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Einstein ring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A ring-shaped gravitational mirage; an image of a distant light source, such as a galaxy, which has been distorted into a ring by a gravitational lens.

Word forms

Einstein ring Einstein rings

Etymology

Named after Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity predicted gravitational lensing.

Related words

Einstein cross Einstein radius

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