gravitation wave

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   (physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light

   Synonymsgravity wave

   Broaderwave

   physics

Questions about gravitation wave

What does gravitation wave mean?

gravitation wave means "(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light".

What is another word for gravitation wave?

Close synonyms include gravity wave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gravitation wave a common word?

gravitation wave is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.