gravitational wave
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- noun
- /ˌɡrævɪˈteɪʃənl weɪv/
- Specialized
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onda gravitacional
- This is a detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star.
- gravitational wave detector
- detection of gravitational waves
- gravitational wave signal
The wiggles in space-time are called gravitational waves, not gravity waves.
- The wiggles in space-time are called gravitational waves, not gravity waves.
- He wrote a paper saying that gravitational waves did not exist.
- So gravitons are the particle aspect of gravitational waves.
- There should be gravitational wave fluctuations imprinted by inflation on the universe.
- Now they have all claimed to have found a gravitational wave background signal with their pulsar timing arrays.
- And then if a gravitational wave goes through, it distorts the bar and that creates friction on these little rings.
- In the same way you can have gravitational waves which also have no sources.
- The outcome of a calculation if you have a gravitational wave passing toward you.
- Next quarter, do you already cover gravitational waves?
- So that's how that's the detector we use to figure out this a gravitational wave had passed by the Earth.
- And with a vengeance with gravitational waves, that light doesn't interfere with itself either, OK?
- Exoplanets, gravitational waves from colliding, black holes right on down the list, terrific spacecraft missions.
- Because of the horizon is a physical thing, then it can ring and that creates echoes not of sound waves, but of gravitational waves.
Examples
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Researchers use advanced instruments to measure the faint signals of gravitational waves generated by cosmic events.
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Unlike electromagnetic waves, however, gravitational waves are not disturbances that travel through space; they are disturbances in the very fabric.
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So how are gravitational waves generated?
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By monitoring the optical signal for interference, we should be able to detect gravitational waves.
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There is a large range of processes in the universe that should produce detectable gravitational waves.
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Albert Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his general theory of relativity.
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In 2015, scientists successfully detected gravitational waves for the first time, confirming Einstein's theory.
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The collision of two neutron stars produced a gravitational wave that traveled across the universe.
Synonyms
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A wave in space that makes space and time stretch when very heavy things move, like two black holes colliding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'gravitational' (relating to gravity) + 'wave' (a ripple), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a wave produced by or in the gravitational field. Although the full scientific concept (ripples in space–time, astrophysical sources) is specialized, the core meaning is compositionally predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Gravitational wave uses the picture of gravity making ripples, like a stone making waves in a pond, with gravitational pointing to gravity and wave showing a moving ripple. So it means 'a ripple in space and time' sent out by very big events like two colliding black holes.