Meanings
noungravitational collapse (countable and uncountable, plural gravitational collapses)
plural gravitational collapses
- countableuncountableThe stage in the evolution of a star in which the pressure of the star is insufficient to maintain it at a stable size, and its material falls inward under its own gravity, eventually forming a black hole or a neutron star, and sometimes accompanied by a supernova explosion.
Translations
Dutch zwaartekrachtinstorting
- zwaartekrachtinstortingstage in the evolution of a star
Finnish painovoimaluhistuminen, gravitaatioluhistuminen
- painovoimaluhistuminenstage in the evolution of a star
- gravitaatioluhistuminenstage in the evolution of a star
French effondrement gravitationnel
- effondrement gravitationnelstage in the evolution of a star
German Gravitationskollaps
- Gravitationskollapsstage in the evolution of a star
Italian collasso gravitazionale
- collasso gravitazionalestage in the evolution of a star
Polish zapadanie grawitacyjne, kolaps
- zapadanie grawitacyjnestage in the evolution of a star
- kolapsstage in the evolution of a star
Romanian colaps gravitațional
- colaps gravitaționalstage in the evolution of a star
Russian гравитацио́нный колла́пс
- гравитацио́нный колла́пс (gravitaciónnyj kolláps)stage in the evolution of a star
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