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Hawking radiation

Hawking radiation noun: the radiation presumed to be given off by a black hole by quantum mechanical processes.

Noun

Hawking radiation (uncountable)

  1. The radiation presumed to be given off by a black hole by quantum mechanical processes.

Origin of Hawking radiation

Named after English physicist Stephen Hawking.

Questions about Hawking radiation

What does Hawking radiation mean?
Hawking radiation means the radiation presumed to be given off by a black hole by quantum mechanical processes.
What part of speech is Hawking radiation?
Hawking radiation is a noun.

Words near Hawking radiation in the dictionary

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

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