spaghettification
Pronunciation: /spəˌɡɛtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
The English word “spaghettification” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The gravitational stretching of objects into long, thin shapes, usually near a black hole.
- The act of turning something into long, thin strands like spaghetti.
- Failure in which extruded filament forms tangled, stringy, or chaotic strands instead of the intended structure, often due to adhesion issues, improper settings, or printer malfunction.
Etymology
From spaghetti + -ification (suffix meaning ‘the process of becoming’ forming nouns), alluding to the appearance of a strand of spaghetti.
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More English words
- spaghetti worm
- spaghetti-strung
- spaghettiesque
- spaghettificate
- spaghettified
- spaghettify
- spaghettiless
- spaghettilike
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