armor
English translation: "chink in the armor" = a weakness/hole in the protective cover
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| 4 +1 | "chink in the armor" = a weakness/hole in the protective cover |
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| 4 | a chink in the armor= a vulnerable area |
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| 4 | event horizon |
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peer agreement (net): +1"chink in the armor" = a weakness/hole in the protective cover Explanation: I hope this helps " a chink in the armor" refers to a weakness or hole in a medieval knight's suit of armor. (In UK English armour). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2013-03-13 13:42:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If this refers to an argument or theory, it would be a weak point in the theory or argument. |
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a chink in the armor= a vulnerable area Explanation: A chink in the armo(u)r is a idiomatic expression referring to an area or point that is vulnerable (traditionally the place where a enemy's weapons could touch a soldier wearing armo(u)r. The chink here refers to a vulnerable spot in the hole’s gravitational clutches. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chink_in_one's_armor |
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event horizon Explanation: armor in this sentence refers to the event horizon of the black hole that, according to Einstein's theory of general relativity, no particle or radiation can cross again back out once they have entered into the black hole. The event horizon is the surface at which the gravitational force is large enough to keep everything in, which makes it comparable to a protective cover. The quantum chink then does not refer to a certain place in the cover that is weak, but rather to the event horizon being permeable to particles and radiation due to quantum effects (Hawking radiation). Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_horizon |
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