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Black hole
Meaning
Noun
●
A place of
punitive
confinement
; a
lockup
or cell; a
military
guardroom.
●
In Astronomy, Astronomy & Black holes:
A
gravitationally
domineering
celestial body
with an
event horizon
from which even
light
cannot
escape
; the most
dense
material
in the
universe
,
condensed
into a
singularity
, usually
formed
by a
collapsing
massive
star.
●
A
void
into which things
disappear
, or from which nothing
emerges
; an
impenetrable
area or
subject
; an area
impervious
to communication.
●
In Aviation:
A
dangerous
optical illusion
that can
occur
on a
nighttime
approach with
dark
,
featureless
terrain
between the
aircraft
and a brightly-lit
runway
, where the
aircraft
appears
to the
pilots
to be higher up than it
actually
is,
potentially
triggering
a
premature
or overly-steep
descent
and a
crash
short of
the
runway
.
●
In Internet:
A place where
incoming
traffic
is
silently
discarded.
●
In Programming:
A
bit bucket
; a place of
permanent
oblivion
for data.
Verb
●
In Internet:
To
redirect
(network
traffic
, etc.) nowhere; to
discard
(incoming
traffic
).
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Black-Hole
Blackhole
Antonyms
White Hole
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