supermassive black hole

English

Noun

supermassive black hole (plural supermassive black holes)

1. (astronomy) Any black hole with a mass from 10⁵ to 10¹⁰ times that of the Sun.

Synonyms

• SMBH
• SBH

Coordinate terms

• collapsar

Related terms

Related terms

• black hole / BH
• central black hole
• hypermassive black hole / HMBH
• intermediate mass black hole / IMBH
• mini black hole / MBH
• micro black hole / MBH / μBH
• primordial black hole / PBH
• quantum mechanical black hole
• stellar black hole / SBH
• stellar mass black hole / StMBH

Translations

Any black hole with a large mass

• Catalan: forat negre supermassiu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超重黑洞 (chāozhòng hēidòng)

• Finnish: supermassiivinen musta aukko
• French: trou noir supermassif (fr) m
• Galician: burato negro supermasivo m
• Hebrew: חור שחור על-מסיבי m
• Italian: buco nero supermassiccio m
• Polish: supermasywna czarna dziura f
• Portuguese: buraco negro supermassivo m
• Romanian: gaură neagră supermasivă f
• Russian: сверхмасси́вная чёрная дыра́ f (sverxmassívnaja čórnaja dyrá)
• Slovak: supermasívna čierna diera f
• Slovene: supermasivna črna luknja f
• Spanish: agujero negro supermasivo m
• Ukrainian: надмаси́вна чо́рна діра́ f (nadmasývna čórna dirá)