Usually means: Warping light by massive objects.
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  1. gravitational lens: Merriam-Webster
  2. gravitational lens: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gravitational lens: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gravitational lens: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gravitational lens: Wiktionary
  6. gravitational lens: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. gravitational lens: Dictionary.com
  8. Gravitational lens: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. gravitational lens, lens, gravitational: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gravitational lens, lens, gravitational: Encyclopedia

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  1. Gravitational Lens: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. GRAVITATIONAL LENS: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gravitational lens)

noun:  (astronomy) A distribution of matter whose gravitational field bends the path of light rays sufficiently to distort, magnify or multiply images of more distant objects.

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