event horizon
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event horizon
n.
The region, usually described as spherical, marking the outer boundary of a black hole, inside which the gravitational force is strong enough to prevent all matter and radiation from escaping.
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event horizon
n
(Astronomy) astronomy the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
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event′ hori`zon
n.
the boundary around a black hole on and within which no matter or radiation can escape.
[1970–75]
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