gravitational collapse

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

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Questions about gravitational collapse

What does gravitational collapse mean?

gravitational collapse means "the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object".

Is gravitational collapse a common word?

gravitational collapse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.