gravitational collapse

English

Noun

gravitational collapse (countable and uncountable, plural gravitational collapses)

1. The stage in the evolution of a star in which the pressure of the star is insufficient to maintain it at a stable size, and its material falls inward under its own gravity, eventually forming a black hole or a neutron star, and sometimes accompanied by a supernova explosion.

Translations

stage in the evolution of a star

• Dutch: zwaartekrachtinstorting f
• Finnish: painovoimaluhistuminen, gravitaatioluhistuminen
• French: effondrement gravitationnel m
• German: Gravitationskollaps (de) m
• Italian: collasso gravitazionale m
• Polish: zapadanie grawitacyjne n
• Romanian: colaps gravitațional n
• Russian: гравитацио́нный колла́пс (ru) m (gravitaciónnyj kolláps)