Einstein had posited that large gravitational forces could stretch light, much like the compression and stretching of sound waves we perceive with the change of pitch of a passing train.
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Posited
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hypothetical scenario
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19 entriesassumeaxiomhypothesishypothesizelocateplaceposited assumptionposited claimposited conditionposited hypothesisposited positionposited premiseposited stanceposited variablepostulatepremise
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9 entriesposited as factposited frameworkposited hypothesisposited mechanismposited modelposited premiseposited relationshipposited theoryposited variable
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