Inspiral
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inspiral is an adjective meaning (astronomy) The path of such a body.
Meaning
(astronomy) The path of such a body.
More Meanings
- (astronomy) To spiral inward.
- (astronomy) Describing the paths of a pair of astronomical bodies (e.g. binary stars or black holes) that are spiralling in towards each other, losing energy to gravitational waves.
Word Forms
- inspirals
- inspiraling
- inspiralling
- inspiraled
- inspiralled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antispiral, infalling, left-handed, one-start, right-handed, circumstellar.
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