Meaning

2 senses
  1. A fluctuation in spacetime caused by accelerating mass, which propagates as a wave at the speed of light.

    Gravitationswelle

    гравитацио́нная волна́gravitaciónnaja volná

    гравітаційна хвиляhravitacijna xvylja

  2. (dated, proscribed)A gravity wave.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Gravitational waves are very hard to detect.

    ruГравитационные волны очень трудно обнаружить. — Selena777

    deGravitationswellen sind sehr schwer nachzuweisen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Scientists have announced that they have discovered gravitational waves.

    ruУчёные объявили, что обнаружили гравитационные волны. — Karok

  3. LISA will look for gravitational waves from stars and black holes.

    deLISA wird nach Gravitationswellen von Sternen und Schwarzen Löchern suchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. The gravitational waves were generated by the merger of two black holes.

    deDie Gravitationswellen entstanden durch das Verschmelzen zweier Schwarzer Löcher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Scientists have detected gravitational waves.

    ruУчёные зафиксировали гравитационные волны. — odexed

    deWissenschaftler haben Gravitationswellen entdeckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
fluctuation in spacetime that propagates as a wave at the speed of light:
Русский
By meaning 1
fluctuation in spacetime that propagates as a wave at the speed of light:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fluctuation in spacetime that propagates as a wave at the speed of light:

Forms

plural: gravitational waves

Synonyms

1 synonyms
spacetime:GW

See also

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