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Nov 28, 2009
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grav'ity wave"




1. Astron., Physics.See gravitational wave.
2. a wave created by the action of gravity on local variations in the density of a stratified fluid, as the atmosphere, or at an interface between fluids of different density, as a liquid and a gas.

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