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white hole

noun

Definition of white hole

: a hypothetical extremely dense celestial object that radiates enormous amounts of energy and matter — compare black hole sense 1

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 Michael, the archangel, and also the teacher who’d taught me about white holes, the opposite of black holes, where disappeared matter emerges into another dimension. — Cyrus Grace Dunham, The New Yorker, "A Year Without a Name," 12 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of white hole

1971, in the meaning defined above

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