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121Weak gravitational lensing — While the presence of any mass bends the path of light passing near it, this effect rarely produces the giant arcs and multiple images associated with strong gravitational lensing. Most lines of sight in the universe are thoroughly in the weak… …
122star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… …
123Decibel — This article is about the ratio of measures. For sound or acoustic level, see Sound pressure. For other uses, see Decibel (disambiguation). Attenuation chart of an RG 6 Coaxial cable, measured in decibels per 100 feet of cable The decibel (dB) is …
124Gamma correction — Gamma correction, gamma nonlinearity, gamma encoding, or often simply gamma, is the name of a nonlinear operation used to code and decode luminance or tristimulus values in video or still image systems. [cite book | title = Digital Video and HDTV …
125Non-standard cosmology — Physical cosmology Universe · Big Bang …
126Smith chart — The Smith Chart, invented by Phillip H. Smith (1905 1987), [Smith, P. H.; Transmission Line Calculator; Electronics, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp 29 31, January 1939] [Smith, P. H.; An Improved Transmission Line Calculator; Electronics, Vol. 17, No. 1, p… …
127global warming — an increase in the earth s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. [1975 80] * * * Potential increase in global average surface temperatures resulting from… …
128thermometry — /theuhr mom i tree/, n. 1. the branch of physics dealing with the measurement of temperature. 2. the science of the construction and use of thermometers. [1855 60; THERMO + METRY] * * * Science of measuring the temperature of a system or the… …
