cosmic singularity
English
Etymology
From cosmic (“outer space”) + singularity (“discontinuity”).
Noun
cosmic singularity (plural cosmic singularities)
- A point of infinite positive spacetime curvature because of an infinite gravitational field
Synonyms
- spacetime singularity / space-time singularity
- gravitational singularity
Hypernyms
- singularity
- cosmic topological defect
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- Big Bang Singularity (“specific”)
- big bang singularity (“generic”)
- Big Crunch Singularity (“specific”)
- big crunch singularity (“generic”)
- final singularity
- initial singularity
- naked singularity