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antihorizon

noun

Etymology

From anti- + horizon.

  1. derived from ὁρίζων
  2. derived from horizōn
  3. derived from orisonte
  4. derived from horizon
  5. inherited from orisonte
  6. prefixed as antihorizon — “anti + horizon”

Definitions

  1. The opposite of an event horizon, allowing escape but not entry.

    • The Kruskal diagram of the Schwarzschild geometry showed it to possess not only a normal horizon but also an antihorizon, beyond which there was, supposedly, another Universe.
    • To distant observers the light appears, due to gravitational time dilation, to slow down as it approaches the antihorizon.

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