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black hole definition

black hole

  1. a celestial object or dark region in space, perhaps formed by the collapse of a large star, with such a great mass that its gravitational field will not let even light escape
    1. an emptiness or void
    2. anything thought of as endlessly devouring resources, funds, etc.
Black Hole definition

Black Hole

  1. a small dungeon at Calcutta: it was once believed that over 100 Europeans were confined there one night in 1756 by their Indian captors and died from heat and lack of air
  2. any dungeon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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