GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gravitational collapse mean? 

• GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE (noun)
  The noun GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE (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)