lensing

Speech parts

1. lensing - Noun

2. lensing - Verb

3. Lensing - Proper noun

Meaning

lensing

present participle of lens

The focussing of light as if by a lens.

(slang) The process of shooting a film.

Lensing (plural Lensings)

A surname.

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2. Weak lensing : where the distortions of background sources are much smaller and can only be detected by analyzing large numbers of sources in a statistical way to find coherent distortions of only a few percent. Source: Internet

By measuring the shapes and orientations of large numbers of distant galaxies, their orientations can be averaged to measure the shear of the lensing field in any region. Source: Internet

A search for gravitational lenses in the northern hemisphere (Cosmic Lens All Sky Survey, CLASS), done in radio frequencies using the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico, led to the discovery of 22 new lensing systems, a major milestone. Source: Internet

Gravitational lensing observations of galaxy clusters allow direct estimates of the gravitational mass based on its effect on light coming from background galaxies, since large collections of matter (dark or otherwise) gravitationally deflect light. Source: Internet

A study of the gravitational lensing of this system suggests that the light emitted has been magnified by a factor of ~10. Source: Internet

Dark matter distribution - weak gravitational lensing ( Hubble Space Telescope ). Source: Internet

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