OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 50209

spaghettification

/spəˌɡɛtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
espaguetización
The gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes, usually near a black hole.
But in the approach to a black hole the effect is far stronger: the astronaut’s body is stretched out on a gravitational rack. Before he comes near the event horizon, his body will…
Spaghettification was due to gravity intensifying, metre by metre, in the approach to a black hole.
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