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gravitational lens

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A massive object whose gravitational field redirects or bends light rays.

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  • noun astronomy A massive body that produces distorted, magnified or multiple images of more distant objects when its gravitational field bends the path of light rays.

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