black hole
noun
1
: a celestial object that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it and that is believed to be created especially in the collapse of a very massive star
2
: something resembling a black hole: such as
a
: something that consumes a resource continually
a financial black hole
b
: an empty space : void
… the archives of the past few years are a black hole.—
David Herman
David Herman
c
: a dark and seemingly inescapable state or situation
the black hole of depression
Examples of black hole in a Sentence
discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic
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Sure, other fates are possible, like direct collapse to a black hole or explosions through the pair-instability mechanism, but a core-collapse supernova (also known as a type II supernova) represents the fate of the majority of the most massive stars ever to be born.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
If that model is correct, then a primordial black hole explosion could be witnessed once every 10 years.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Analysis of the gravitational signal from a black hole merger detected in January provides the best observational evidence to date in support of Hawking's theorem, according to a new paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Hawking’s surface area theorem The second prediction confirmed by GW250114 is one made in 1971 by British physicist Stephen Hawking, which states that when two black holes merge, the resulting surface area must be equal to or greater than that of the original black holes.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
If that model is correct, then a primordial black hole explosion could be witnessed once every 10 years.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Analysis of the gravitational signal from a black hole merger detected in January provides the best observational evidence to date in support of Hawking's theorem, according to a new paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Hawking’s surface area theorem The second prediction confirmed by GW250114 is one made in 1971 by British physicist Stephen Hawking, which states that when two black holes merge, the resulting surface area must be equal to or greater than that of the original black holes.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20hole. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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