Definition
The stretching of objects into long thin shapes due to extreme tidal forces near massive objects like black holes, where the gravitational pull is much stronger on the closer end than the farther end. Also known as the tidal effect or noodle effect.
Etymology
Whimsical term coined by physicist Stephen Hawking in his 1988 book 'A Brief History of Time,' comparing the stretching effect to spaghetti noodles. The scientific term 'tidal disruption' was already in use, but Hawking's colorful description captured public imagination.
Kelly Says
If you fell feet-first into a black hole, the difference in gravitational pull between your head and feet would stretch you like taffy long before you reached the event horizon! For a stellar-mass black hole, you'd be spaghettified from thousands of kilometers away, but supermassive black holes are so large you could cross their event horizon intact.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ስፓግትትፍይካሽን
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-shon
ARالعربية
إسْبَاجِتْتِيْفِكَة
is-ba-je-tti-fi-ka
BNবাংলা
স্পাগেটিফিকেশন
spa-ge-ti-fi-ke-shon
CACatalà
spaghettificació
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syo
CSČeština
spaghettifikace
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-ce
DADansk
spaghettificering
spa-get-ti-fi-ring
DEDeutsch
Spaghettifizierung
spa-ge-ti-fi-tsi-rung
ELΕλληνικά
σπαγεττιποίηση
spa-get-ti-po-i-si
ESEspañol
espaguetificación
es-pa-gue-ti-fi-ka-syon
FAفارسی
اسپاتتیفیکیشن
spa-tti-fi-ke-shon
FISuomi
spaghettifikaatio
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-tio
FRFrançais
spaghettification
spa-ge-ti-fi-ka-syon
GUGU
સ્પાગેટિફિકેશન
spa-ge-tti-fi-ke-shan
HAHA
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
HEעברית
ספגטיפיקציה
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-tsi-ya
HIहिन्दी
स्पाघेटिफिकेशन
spa-ghe-ti-fi-ke-shon
HUMagyar
spaghettifikáció
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-tsyó
IDBahasa Indonesia
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
IGIG
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
ITItaliano
spaghettificazione
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
JA日本語
スパゲッティフィケーション
su-pa-get-ti-fi-ke-syon
KKKK
спагеттификация
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-tsyya
KMKM
ស្បាហ្គेटីហ្វិកាសិន
sba-ha-get-ti-fi-ka-shin
KO한국어
스파게티화
seu-pa-ge-tti-hwa
MRMR
स्पॅगेटिफिकेशन
spa-get-ti-fi-ke-shan
MSBahasa Melayu
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
MYမြန်မာ
စပေ့တီဖိကေရှင်း
sa-pet-ti-fi-ke-shing
NLNederlands
spaghettificatie
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-tye
NONorsk
spaghettificering
spa-get-ti-fi-ring
PAPA
ਸਪਾਗੇਟੀਫਿਕੇਸ਼ਨ
spa-ge-tti-fi-ke-shan
PLPolski
spaghetyfikacja
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-tsyya
PTPortuguês
espaguetificação
es-pa-gue-ti-fi-ka-syon
RORomână
spaghettificare
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-re
RUРусский
спагеттифицикация
spa-get-ti-fi-tsi-ka-tsyya
SVSvenska
spaghettifiering
spa-get-ti-fi-ring
SWKiswahili
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
TAதமிழ்
ஸ்பாகெட்டிகேஷன்
spa-ge-tti-ke-shan
TEతెలుగు
స్పాగెటిఫికేషన్
spa-ge-tti-fi-ke-shan
THไทย
การสปาเก็ตตี้ฟิเคชัน
gan spa-get-ti-fi-ke-chan
TLTL
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
TRTürkçe
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
UKУкраїнська
спагетіфікація
spa-get-i-fi-ka-tsyya
URاردو
سپاگتیفیکیشن
spa-get-ti-fi-ke-shon
VITiếng Việt
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
YOYO
spaghettification
spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon
ZH中文
意大利面化
yī-dà-lì miàn huà
ZUZU
ispaghettification
i-spa-get-ti-fi-ka-syon