English

Noun

spaghettification ‎(uncountable)

1. (astrophysics) The stretching of objects into long thin shapes in a very strong gravitational field such as a black hole.
   • 1990, Grant Naylor, Better Than Life

     Spaghettification. Let me guess. I can see only two options: one — due to the bizarre effects of the intense gravitational pull, and because we're entering a region of time and space where the laws of physics no longer apply, we all of us inexplicably develop an irresistible urge to consume vast amounts of a certain wheat-based Italian noodle conventionally served with Parmesan cheese; or two — we, the crew, get turned into spaghetti. I have a feeling we can eliminate option one.

   • 2003, Stephen W Hawking et al, The Future of Spacetime

     I am convinced, by arguments given by Wheeler in 1957, that the end point of spaghettification — the singularity itself — is governed by a union […]

   • 2005, Michael Lockwood, The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe

     It is not, therefore, the kind of singularity that spells inevitable spaghettification.