An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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rotating black hole
  سیه‌چال ِ چرخان  
siyahcâl-e carxân
Fr.: trou noir en rotation  

A black hole that possesses angular momentum, as first postulated by Roy C. Kerr in 1963. Opposite of a stationary black hole. → ergosphere.

See also: → rotating; → black hole.