Meaning of LIGO | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of LIGO
   alt-of
2. Acronym of Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, a large-scale physics experiment that successfully detected gravitational waves in 2015.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Examples

“In February 2016, scientists announced that the first direct observation of gravitational waves had been made using just the two LIGO detectors.”

““These are the highest masses of black holes we’ve confidently measured with gravitational waves,” said Hannam, a member of the Ligo scientific collaboration.”

CEFR level