Gravitational Displacement

gravitational displacement

[‚grav·ə′tā·shən·əl dis′plās·mənt]

(mechanics)

The gravitational field strength times the gravitational constant. Also known as gravitational flux density.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Gravitational Displacement

 

the change in the frequency of electromagnetic radiation upon propagation in a gravitational field.

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