Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The radius of a collapsing celestial object at which gravitational forces require an escape velocity that exceeds the velocity of light, resulting in a black hole.
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- noun astronomy The radius of an object such that, if all its
mass were compressed within that radius, theescape velocity would equal thespeed of light
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Karl Schwarzschild, (1873–1916), German astronomer.]
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dontcry commented on the word Schwarzschild radius
I tried to put something together with the Governator and how things always come full circle...but I made a big mass of it and then my mind went blank.
June 30, 2011