cosmic censorship hypothesis

noun

A conjecture that expects that all spacetime singularities are enclosed within event horizons.

Meanings

nouncosmic censorship hypothesis (plural cosmic censorship hypotheses)

plural cosmic censorship hypotheses

  1. A conjecture that expects that all spacetime singularities are enclosed within event horizons.
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