ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ringdown

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ringdown is a noun meaning (astronomy) The stage in a black hole merging event where the gravitational wave amplitude reaches its peak.

Meaning

(astronomy) The stage in a black hole merging event where the gravitational wave amplitude reaches its peak.

More Meanings

  1. (telecommunications) A signal to a telephone operator that both rings a bell and allows a relay to drop.

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Related dictionary entries include ringhole, aponigricon, culmination, earthrise, bandhead, annulus.

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