Meanings
plural gravitational singularities
- natural sciencesA location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.
Seen as a central metaphor, a gravitational singularity is a (theoretical) point at the centre of black holes at which quantities that are otherwise meaningful (e.g., density and spacetime curvature) become infinite, or rather meaningless.
2013, Amnon H. Eden, James H. Moor, Johnny H. Soraker, Eric Steinhart, chapter 1, in Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 5Synonyms: spacetime singularity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.
Translations
Bulgarian гравитационна сингулярност
- гравитационна сингулярност (gravitacionna singuljarnost)gravitational singularity
Catalan singularitat gravitatòria
- singularitat gravitatòriagravitational singularity
Czech gravitační singularita
- gravitační singularitagravitational singularity
Danish gravitationel singularitet
- gravitationel singularitetgravitational singularity
Dutch singulariteit
- singulariteitgravitational singularity
Esperanto gravita singulareco
- gravita singularecogravitational singularity
Finnish singulariteetti, gravitaationaalinen singulariteetti
- singulariteettigravitational singularity
- gravitaationaalinen singulariteettigravitational singularity
French singularité gravitationnelle
- singularité gravitationnellegravitational singularity
German Singularität
- Singularitätgravitational singularity
Hungarian gravitációs szingularitás
- gravitációs szingularitásgravitational singularity
Indonesian singularitas gravitasi
- singularitas gravitasigravitational singularity
Italian singolarità gravitazionale
- singolarità gravitazionalegravitational singularity
Japanese 重力の特異点
- 重力の特異点gravitational singularity
Latvian singularitāte
- singularitātegravitational singularity
Polish osobliwość
- osobliwośćgravitational singularity
Portuguese singularidade gravitacional
- singularidade gravitacionalgravitational singularity
Romanian singularitate gravitațională
- singularitate gravitaționalăgravitational singularity
Russian гравитационная сингуля́рность
- гравитационная сингуля́рность (gravitacionnaja singuljárnostʹ)gravitational singularity
Slovak gravitačná singularita
- gravitačná singularitagravitational singularity
Spanish singularidad gravitacional
- singularidad gravitacionalgravitational singularity
Swedish gravitationell singularitet
- gravitationell singularitetgravitational singularity
Ukrainian гравітаційна сингулярність
- гравітаційна сингулярність (hravitacijna synhuljarnistʹ)gravitational singularity
Cite this entry
gravitational singularity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravitational%20singularity
“gravitational singularity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravitational%20singularity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gravitational singularity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravitational%20singularity.
Source: gravitational singularity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.