monster
n.— «Frampton’s team argues that the extra entropy is generated by the random nature of quantum physics. This should sometimes allow a collapsing ball of matter to spontaneously transform into something called a “monster”—an arrangement of matter that has maximum disorder, with particles travelling at high speed in random directions.» —“‘Monsters’ blamed for extreme chaos in black holes” by David Shiga New Scientist Space Jan. 18, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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