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Meaning of Hellings and Downs curve | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A graph of the expected correlation of timing effects on pulsars due to cosmological gravitational waves, as a function of angle of separation of the pulsars.

CEFR level

C2
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hellion Hellish Hellishly Hellishness hellkite hellman

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