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Schwarz'schild ra"dius



Pronunciation: ( Ger. shvärts'shilt"; Eng. shwôrts'chīld", -shild), [key] Astron.
the radius at which a gravitationally collapsing celestial body becomes a black hole.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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