GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("gravitational collapse" is a kind of...):

implosion (a sudden inward collapse)

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