"gravitational singularity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gravitational singularities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gravitational singularity (plural gravitational singularities)
  1. (physics) A 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. Wikipedia link: gravitational singularity Categories (topical): Black holes, Physics Synonyms: spacetime singularity Related terms: technological singularity Translations (gravitational singularity): գրավիտացիոն սինգուլյարություն (gravitacʻion singulyarutʻyun) (Armenian), singularidá gravitacional [feminine] (Asturian), гравітацыйная сінгулярнасць (hravitacyjnaja sinhuljarnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), гравитационна сингулярност (gravitacionna singuljarnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), singularitat gravitatòria [feminine] (Catalan), gravitační singularita [feminine] (Czech), gravitationel singularitet (Danish), gravita singulareco (Esperanto), singularité gravitationnelle [feminine] (French), გრავიტაციული სინგულარობა (graviṭaciuli singularoba) (Georgian), gravitációs szingularitás (Hungarian), singularitas gravitasi (Indonesian), singolarità gravitazionale [feminine] (Italian), 重力の特異点 (Japanese), гравитациялық сингулярлық (gravitasiälyq siñulärlyq) (Kazakh), singularidade gravitacional [feminine] (Portuguese), singularitate gravitațională [feminine] (Romanian), гравитационная сингуля́рность (gravitacionnaja singuljárnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), gravitačná singularita [feminine] (Slovak), gravitacijska singularnost [feminine] (Slovene), singularidad gravitacional [feminine] (Spanish), gravitationell singularitet (Swedish), гравітаційна сингулярність (hravitacijna synhuljarnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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