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magnetogravity wave  

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  • A magnetogravity wave is a type of plasma wave. A magnetogravity wave is an acoustic gravity wave which is associated with fluctuations in the background magnetic field. In this context, gravity wave refers to a classical fluid wave, and is completely unrelated to the relativistic gravitational wave. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetogravity_wave)

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  • magneto-gravity wave

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