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Hawking energy

Hawking energy noun: a measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding a region of space whose mass is to be defined.

Noun

Hawking energy (plural Hawking energies)

  1. A measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding a region of space whose mass is to be defined.

Forms of Hawking energy

pluralHawking energies

Origin of Hawking energy

Named after English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

Questions about Hawking energy

What does Hawking energy mean?
Hawking energy means a measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding a region of space whose mass is to be defined.
What part of speech is Hawking energy?
Hawking energy is a noun.
What is the plural of Hawking energy?
The plural of Hawking energy is Hawking energies.

Words near Hawking energy in the dictionary

  1. hawkies
  2. Hawkin
  3. hawkiness
  4. hawking
  5. Hawking energies
  6. Hawking energy
  7. Hawking Index
  8. Hawking radiation
  9. Hawking's paradox
  10. Hawkinge
  11. Hawkingian

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