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Einstein rings

Einstein rings is the plural of Einstein ring.

Meaning of Einstein ring

Noun

Einstein ring (plural Einstein rings)

  1. A ring-shaped gravitational mirage; an image of a distant light source, such as a galaxy, which has been distorted into a ring by a gravitational lens.
    • Thus, clusters of galaxies with masses M ∼ 10¹⁵M_⊙ at cosmological distances can result in Einstein rings with angular radii tens of arcseconds.2008, Malcolm Longair, Galaxy Formation, 2nd edition, Springer, page 130

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What is Einstein rings the plural of?
Einstein rings is the plural of Einstein ring.

Words near Einstein rings in the dictionary

  1. Einstein notation
  2. Einstein radius
  3. Einstein refrigerator
  4. Einstein refrigerators
  5. Einstein ring
  6. Einstein rings
  7. Einstein space
  8. Einstein spaces
  9. Einstein syndrome
  10. Einstein's constant
  11. Einstein-Bose statistics

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