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nounnonhomogeneity (countable and uncountable, plural nonhomogeneities)
plural nonhomogeneities
- countableuncountableAbsence of homogeneity.
In the presence of a plasma nonhomogeneity, the chromatic refractive deflection also occurs, so the presence of plasma always makes gravitational lensing chromatic.
2015, G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, O. Yu. Tsupko, “Gravitational Lensing in Plasmic Medium”, in Plasma Physics Reports, volume 2015, pages 562–581
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