bothrodesy
bo·throd·e·sy
(bə-thrŏd′ĭ-sē)n.
Measurement of the gravitational field, and therefore the geometry of spacetime, in the vicinity of a black hole.
[Greek bothros, pit + (geo)desy.]
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