Usually means: Ripples in spacetime from masses.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. gravitational wave: Merriam-Webster
  2. gravitational wave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gravitational wave: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Gravitational-Wave: Wordnik
  5. gravitational wave: Wiktionary
  6. gravitational wave: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. gravitational wave: Dictionary.com
  8. Gravitational wave: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. gravitational wave: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gravitational wave: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gravitational Wave: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gravitational wave)

noun:  (relativity) A fluctuation in spacetime caused by accelerating mass, which propagates as a wave at the speed of light.
noun:  (dated, proscribed) A gravity wave.

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