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cosmic censorship

cosmic censorship noun: the hypothesis that Einstein's general relativity theory singularities are always hidden from the remote observer, and are only visible as black holes.

Noun

cosmic censorship (uncountable)

  1. The hypothesis that Einstein's general relativity theory singularities are always hidden from the remote observer, and are only visible as black holes.

Origin of cosmic censorship

Coined by British scientist Roger Penrose in 1969.

Questions about cosmic censorship

What does cosmic censorship mean?
Cosmic censorship means the hypothesis that Einstein's general relativity theory singularities are always hidden from the remote observer, and are only visible as black holes.
What part of speech is cosmic censorship?
Cosmic censorship is a noun.

Words near cosmic censorship in the dictionary

  1. cosmic background
  2. cosmic background radiation
  3. cosmic bowling
  4. cosmic calendar
  5. cosmic calendars
  6. cosmic censorship
  7. cosmic censorship hypotheses
  8. cosmic censorship hypothesis
  9. cosmic disco
  10. cosmic dust
  11. cosmic egg

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