high-frequency gravitational wave

noun

gravitational radiation, in the megahertz to gigahertz region, which is proposed to have been produced by the Big Bang or by the collision of massive astronomical objects or artificially in the laboratory. Gravitational waves having frequencies higher than 100 kHz.

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nounhigh-frequency gravitational wave (plural high-frequency gravitational waves, abbreviation HFGW)

plural high-frequency gravitational waves · abbreviation HFGW · alternative high frequency gravitational wave

  1. astronomygravitational radiation, in the megahertz to gigahertz region, which is proposed to have been produced by the Big Bang or by the collision of massive astronomical objects or artificially in the laboratory. Gravitational waves having frequencies higher than 100 kHz.
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