Word.ws English Dictionary

kugelblitz

/ˈkuːɡl̩ˌblɪt͡s/

kugelblitz noun: a concentration of light so intense that it forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped, forming a black hole.

Noun

kugelblitz (plural kugelblitzes)

  1. (theoretical physics) A concentration of light so intense that it forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped, forming a black hole.
    • Specifically, what she’s talking about is called a kugelblitz—a kind of black hole formed not from the collapse of matter, but from an overwhelming intensity of heat or radiation...or light.2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 303

Forms of kugelblitz

pluralkugelblitzes

Origin of kugelblitz

German Kugelblitz (“ball lightning”).

Questions about kugelblitz

What does kugelblitz mean?
Kugelblitz means a concentration of light so intense that it forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped, forming a black hole.
What part of speech is kugelblitz?
Kugelblitz is a noun.
How do you pronounce kugelblitz?
Kugelblitz is pronounced /ˈkuːɡl̩ˌblɪt͡s/.
What is the plural of kugelblitz?
The plural of kugelblitz is kugelblitzes.

Words near kugelblitz in the dictionary

  1. kufungisisa
  2. Kugaaruk
  3. kugel
  4. kugel fountain
  5. kugel fountains
  6. kugelblitz
  7. kugelblitzes
  8. kugelhof
  9. kugelhopf
  10. kugelhupf
  11. kugelhupfs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kugelblitz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “kugelblitz.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kugelblitz. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.