Hawking energy

noun

A measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding a region of space whose mass is to be defined.

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Meanings

nounHawking energy (plural Hawking energies)

plural Hawking energies

  1. natural sciencesA measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding a region of space whose mass is to be defined.

Origin

Named after English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.

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