Spaghettification

//spəˌɡɛtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "spaghettification" (2 found)

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33 translations across 22 languages.

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Basque

1 entries
  • espagetizazio noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Belarusian

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  • спагеціфікацыя noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • спагетен ефект noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • спагетификация noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Catalan

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  • efecte agulla noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • espaguetització noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 麪條化 /面条化 noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • 麵條化 /面条化 noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Dutch

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  • spaghettificatie noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Finnish

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  • spagetoituminen noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

French

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  • spaghettification noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

German

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  • Spaghetti-Effekt noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • Spaghettifizierung noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • Spaghettisierung noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Greek

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  • μακαρονοποίηση noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Hebrew

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  • ספגטיפיקציה noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Italian

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  • spaghettificazione noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Japanese

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  • スパゲッティ化現象 noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Korean

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  • 국수효과 noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • spagettifisering noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Polish

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  • efektem makaronu noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • spagetyzacja noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • spaghettifikacja noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • spaghettizacja noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • espaguetificação noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • esparguetificação noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Russian

1 entries
  • спагеттификация noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Slovak

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  • špagetizácia noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Spanish

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  • espaguetización noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Swedish

2 entries
  • nudeleffekten noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • spaghettifikation noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ефектом локшини noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)
  • спагетіфікація noun (gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes)

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Spaghettification was due to gravity intensifying, metre by metre, in the approach to a black hole.

Source: wiktionary

But in the approach to a black hole the effect is far stronger: the astronaut’s body is stretched out on a gravitational rack. Before he comes near the event horizon, his body will be pulled out beyond the limits that flesh and blood can stand and he will suffer the excruciating death of ‘spaghettification’ long before he is in any position to unravel the secrets of the black hole. The strength of the spaghettification effect (usually known more prosaically as ‘tidal stretch’ for it is related to the way the Moon raises tides on Earth) depends on the mass of the rack-inducing black hole.

Source: wiktionary

‘Spaghettification. Let me guess,’ said Rimmer. ‘I can see only two options: one – due to the bizarre effects of the intense gravitational pull, and because we’re entering a region of time and space where the laws of physics no longer apply, we all of us inexplicably develop an irresistible urge to consume vast amounts of a certain wheat-based Italian noodle conventionally served with Parmesan cheese; or two – we, the crew, get turned into spaghetti. I have a feeling we can eliminate option one.’

Source: wiktionary

I am convinced, by arguments given by [John Archibald] Wheeler in 1957, that the end point of spaghettification—the singularity itself—is governed by a union, or marriage, of the laws of quantum mechanics and those of spacetime warpage. This must be so, since the warpage spaghettifies space on scales so extremely microscopic that they are profoundly influenced by the uncertainty principle.

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