gravitational mirage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A distorted or false image of a distant galaxy (e.g. an image of a distant galaxy as a ring, or as multiple copies of itself) caused by a gravitational lens.

Word forms

gravitational mirage gravitational mirages
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