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naked_singularity
naked singularity
English
Noun
naked singularity (plural naked singularities)
- (astrophysics) An as yet theoretical gravitational singularity with no event horizon, making it observable, unlike a black hole whose event horizon prevents light from reaching an observer situated outside the event horizon.
Translations
a gravitational singularity with no event horizon
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See also
- cosmic censorship