Usually means: Collapse due to gravitational attraction.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. gravitational collapse: Merriam-Webster
  2. gravitational collapse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gravitational collapse: Vocabulary.com
  4. gravitational collapse: Wiktionary
  5. gravitational collapse: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. gravitational collapse: Dictionary.com
  7. Gravitational collapse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. gravitational collapse: Rhymezone
  9. gravitational collapse: FreeDictionary.org
  10. gravitational collapse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. gravitational collapse: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gravitational collapse: Encyclopedia

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Gravitational Collapse: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gravitational collapse)

noun:  The stage in the evolution of a star in which the pressure of the star is insufficient to maintain it at a stable size, and its material falls inward under its own gravity, eventually forming a black hole or a neutron star, and sometimes accompanied by a supernova explosion.

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