The falling of small objects or other matter on to or into a larger body.
〔天文〕陨落
the infall of debris into a black hole
Example sentencesExamples
If the infall of the ordinary matter were not stopped, there would be no visible galaxies, only black holes surrounded by dark matter.
K-bentonite horizons, interpreted as altered volcanic infall, are interbedded with the limestones of the Precordillera.
The stars are nuclear furnaces, where the perpetual gravitational infall is exactly balanced by the outflow of energy generated, literally, at the centre of gravity, the core of the star.
The strong form states that we're constantly being bombarded with biochemical material from space, and that there's a correlation between Viral outbreaks and patterns of infall.
The size of this infall is related directly to the amount of matter in the Universe.
Definition of infall in US English:
infall
nounˈinfôl
Astronomy
The falling of small objects or other matter on to or into a larger body.
〔天文〕陨落
the infall of debris into a black hole
Example sentencesExamples
The stars are nuclear furnaces, where the perpetual gravitational infall is exactly balanced by the outflow of energy generated, literally, at the centre of gravity, the core of the star.
The strong form states that we're constantly being bombarded with biochemical material from space, and that there's a correlation between Viral outbreaks and patterns of infall.
The size of this infall is related directly to the amount of matter in the Universe.
If the infall of the ordinary matter were not stopped, there would be no visible galaxies, only black holes surrounded by dark matter.
K-bentonite horizons, interpreted as altered volcanic infall, are interbedded with the limestones of the Precordillera.