event horizon in English

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    {
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        "The imaginary line on a black hole that once passed, nothing can ever escape, except for Hawking radiation."
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "event horizon",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "event horizons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
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        "Astronomy"
      ],
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        "The imaginary line on a black hole that once passed, nothing can ever escape, except for Hawking radiation."
      ],
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        "astronomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "event horizon"
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"event horizon" meaning in English

Noun