gravitational singularity

English

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.
   • 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 5:

     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.

Synonyms

• spacetime singularity

Translations

gravitational singularity

• Armenian: գրավիտացիոն սինգուլյարություն (gravitacʻion singulyarutʻyun)
• Asturian: singularidá gravitacional f
• Belarusian: гравітацыйная сінгулярнасць f (hravitacyjnaja sinhuljarnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: гравитационна сингулярност f (gravitacionna singuljarnost)
• Catalan: singularitat gravitatòria f
• Czech: gravitační singularita f
• Danish: gravitationel singularitet
• Esperanto: gravita singulareco
• French: singularité gravitationnelle f
• Georgian: გრავიტაციული სინგულარობა (graviṭaciuli singularoba)
• Hungarian: gravitációs szingularitás (hu)
• Indonesian: singularitas gravitasi
• Italian: singolarità gravitazionale f
• Japanese: 重力の特異点
• Kazakh: гравитациялық сингулярлық (gravitasiälyq siñulärlyq)
• Portuguese: singularidade gravitacional f
• Romanian: singularitate gravitațională f
• Russian: гравитационная сингуля́рность (ru) f (gravitacionnaja singuljárnostʹ)
• Slovak: gravitačná singularita f
• Slovene: gravitacijska singularnost f
• Spanish: singularidad gravitacional (es) f
• Swedish: gravitationell singularitet
• Ukrainian: гравітаційна сингулярність f (hravitacijna synhuljarnistʹ)

See also

• technological singularity