black-hole
Inescapable space region
Black-hole as a verb means to consign something to oblivion or make it disappear, as if swallowed by the astronomical phenomenon: The proposal was black-holed by the committee.
In British slang, it can mean to imprison in solitary confinement.
The noun black hole—a region of space with gravity so strong that nothing escapes—is usually written without the hyphen.
Point where values explode
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- Schwarzschild radiusBlack hole's critical boundary distance
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
- gravitational lensingMass distorting light's path
quasar · supermassive · stellar · spaghettification · gravitational waves · merger · pulsar · magnetar
Quantity of matter
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- attractionPull toward something
- escape velocitySpeed to overcome gravity
tidal forces · geodesic · time dilation · redshift · gravitational pull · orbiting · capture · distortion
Immeasurably profound depth
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- darknessTotal absence of light
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- chasmDeep, steep-sided gap
maw · bottomless · fathomless · lightless · invisible · unseeable · blank · absence
Endlessly expensive undertaking
- time sinkUnproductive activity consuming hours
- bottomless pitInexhaustible void or cavity
- drainChannel for wastewater
- vortexRotating fluid column
quicksand · resource drain · disappearance · vanishing · no return · lost cause
Eating greedily and quickly
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
- absorbingHolding attention completely
- pulling inReaching a destination
drawing in · feeding · insatiable · voracious · inescapable · sucking · capturing · trapping
singularity
Point where values explode
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- Schwarzschild radiusBlack hole's critical boundary distance
- spacetimeMerged dimensional framework
gravitational lensing · quasar · supermassive · stellar · spaghettification · gravitational waves · merger · pulsar · magnetar
mass
Quantity of matter
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- attractionPull toward something
escape velocity · tidal forces · geodesic · time dilation · redshift · gravitational pull · orbiting · capture · distortion · density
abyss
Immeasurably profound depth
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- darknessTotal absence of light
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
chasm · maw · bottomless · fathomless · lightless · invisible · unseeable · blank · absence · vacuum
money pit
Endlessly expensive undertaking
- time sinkUnproductive activity consuming hours
- bottomless pitInexhaustible void or cavity
- drainChannel for wastewater
vortex · quicksand · resource drain · disappearance · vanishing · no return · lost cause
devouring
Eating greedily and quickly
- swallowingIngesting via throat muscles
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
- absorbingHolding attention completely
pulling in · drawing in · feeding · insatiable · voracious · inescapable · sucking · capturing · trapping · annihilating
black-holequasar
Luminous active galactic core
star · supernova · sun · pulsar · light source
black-holesupernova explosion
stellar wind · Big Bang · white hole · particle accelerator · nova
black, blacken, Black Friday, blackberry, blackness, blacks, blackboard, blackish, blackened