GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT


Meaning of GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT in English

Physics, Astron.

(in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational field, esp. at the surface of a massive star. Cf. redshift .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .