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Black hole

Black hole Meaning & Definition
Black hole Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Black hole?

[n] a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field

Synonyms | Synonyms for Black hole:

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See Also | part | region

Black hole In Webster's Dictionary

\Black" hole`\ A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air. A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole. --H. Spencer.
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