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ergosphere

Noun

Meaning

ergosphere (plural ergospheres)

(physics) A region outside the event horizon of a rotating black hole in which space and time are distorted by shear forces.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

One crew member realizes that they are trapped in the ergosphere of a black hole or naked singularity. Source: Internet

Objects and radiation can escape normally from the ergosphere. Source: Internet

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