naked singularity

British  

noun

1. astronomy an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole See also black hole

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Example Sentences

“But physically, there is no process that can make a naked singularity ring.”

From Washington Post

If there were a way to tear a hole in the fabric of space — called a naked singularity ring — “if you somehow go through that ring, and come back out, then you would go back in time,” he said.

From Washington Post

DS: A 'naked' singularity is a theoretical scenario in which a star collapses but an event horizon does not form around it - so the singularity would be visible.

From BBC

“Publishers are beginning to pick up self-published authors,” Armitstead says, “but not always for qualities that would recommend them to us for review: Often it’s because they have accumulated big fan bases with easy-to-read niche stuff. The counter-example I always give is Sergio de la Pava‘s ‘A Naked Singularity,’ which I would love to have discovered.

From Washington Post

In the naked singularity case, the light rays could escape from an arbitrary vicinity of the singularity.

From Scientific American