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spaghettifying

spaghettifying is the present participle and gerund of spaghettify.

Meaning of spaghettify

Verb

spaghettify (third-person singular simple present spaghettifies, present participle spaghettifying, simple past and past participle spaghettified)

  1. (ambitransitive) To stretch an object into a long thin shape under the influence of a very strong gravitational field gradient, such as found near a black hole.
    • If, for example, a black hole eats enough to triple its mass, then it will have grown three times as wide. For this reason, black holes in the universe can be almost any size, but not all of them will spaghettify you before you cross the event horizon.2007, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Death by Black Hole

Questions about spaghettifying

What is spaghettifying the present participle and gerund of?
Spaghettifying is the present participle and gerund of spaghettify.

Words near spaghettifying in the dictionary

  1. spaghettificating
  2. spaghettification
  3. spaghettified
  4. spaghettifies
  5. spaghettify
  6. spaghettifying
  7. spaghettiing
  8. spaghettiless
  9. spaghettilike
  10. spaghettini
  11. spaghettinis

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