event horizon
the boundary around a black hole on and within which no matter or radiation can escape.
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How to use event horizon in a sentence
Announcing one competitor, he says, “Her mouth is an event horizon.”
British Dictionary definitions for event horizon
astronomy the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
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Scientific definitions for event horizon
[ ĭ-vĕnt′ ]
A spatial boundary around a black hole inside which gravity is strong enough to prevent all matter and radiation from escaping. The inability of even light to escape this region is what gives black holes their name.
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