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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A massive object whose gravitational field redirects or bends light rays.
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- noun astronomy A
massive body that producesdistorted ,magnified ormultiple images of moredistant objects when its gravitationalfield bends the path oflight rays.
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