单词 | microlensing |
释义 | microlensingn. Astronomy. The refraction of electromagnetic radiation by the gravitational field of a single star or planet. Cf. macrolensing n. ΚΠ 1986 B. Paczyński in Astrophysical Jrnl. 301 503/1 Throughout this paper the terms ‘macrolensing’ and ‘microlensing’ will be used to describe the effect of a galaxy as a whole and the effect of individual stars, respectively. 1988 Nature 28 July 327/1 We expect the total probability for micro-lensing to be higher in this system than in any of the other known cases of gravitational lensing. 1999 Independent 15 Jan. ii. 9/1 Called ‘gravitational microlensing’, this technique relies on the fact that light passing close to a massive object will be bent by a degree related to its mass. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). microlensingadj. That microlenses. ΚΠ 1986 B. Paczyński in Astrophysical Jrnl. 301 507/2 M is the mass of microlensing stars. 1993 Nature 18 Nov. 244/1 The distance over which the microlensing object significantly influences the light from the source is known as the Einstein radius. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1986adj.1986 |
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