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gravitational singularities

gravitational singularities is the plural of gravitational singularity.

Meaning of gravitational singularity

Noun

gravitational singularity (plural gravitational singularities)

  1. A location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.
    • Seen as a central metaphor, a gravitational singularity is a (theoretical) point at the centre of black holes at which quantities that are otherwise meaningful (e.g., density and spacetime curvature) become infinite, or rather meaningless.2013, Amnon H. Eden, James H. Moor, Johnny H. Soraker, Eric Steinhart, chapter 1, in Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 5

Questions about gravitational singularities

What is gravitational singularities the plural of?
Gravitational singularities is the plural of gravitational singularity.

Words near gravitational singularities in the dictionary

  1. gravitational mirages
  2. gravitational propulsion
  3. gravitational radiation
  4. gravitational redshift
  5. gravitational redshifts
  6. gravitational singularities
  7. gravitational singularity
  8. gravitational slingshot
  9. gravitational slingshots
  10. gravitational wave
  11. gravitational wave background

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