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Gravity waves are not the same thing as gravitational waves. They are waves in a fluid where the restoring force is gravity, such as ordinary ocean waves.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave
 
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:oops:oh, right. guess I should have googled that one - I honestly hadn't heard of it.
 

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