gravitational mirage

English

Noun

gravitational mirage (plural gravitational mirages)

  1. (astrophysics) 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.
    Hyponym: Einstein ring
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