gravity wave

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

   Synonymsgravitation wave

   Broaderwave

   physics

Questions about gravity wave

What does gravity wave mean?

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

What is another word for gravity wave?

Close synonyms include gravitation 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 gravity wave a common word?

gravity 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.