ergosphere
English
editEtymology
editFrom ergo- + -sphere. Coined by Remo Ruffini and John Archibald Wheeler in 1971 in reference to the fact that it is theoretically possible to extract energy from the region.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editergosphere (plural ergospheres)
- (physics) A region outside the event horizon of a rotating black hole in which space and time are distorted by shear forces.
Translations
editregion outside the event horizon of a black hole
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