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gravitational collapses

gravitational collapses is the plural of gravitational collapse.

Meaning of gravitational collapse

Noun

gravitational collapse (countable and uncountable, plural gravitational collapses)

  1. The stage in the evolution of a star in which the pressure of the star is insufficient to maintain it at a stable size, and its material falls inward under its own gravity, eventually forming a black hole or a neutron star, and sometimes accompanied by a supernova explosion.

Questions about gravitational collapses

What is gravitational collapses the plural of?
Gravitational collapses is the plural of gravitational collapse.

Words near gravitational collapses in the dictionary

  1. gravitation
  2. gravitational
  3. gravitational assist
  4. gravitational assists
  5. gravitational collapse
  6. gravitational collapses
  7. gravitational constant
  8. gravitational constants
  9. gravitational convection
  10. gravitational convections
  11. gravitational field

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