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Arecibo message

Arecibo message proper noun: an interstellar radio message broadcast on November 16, 1974 into the globular cluster Messier 13, in the hope that extraterrestrial intelligence might receive and decipher it.

arecibo message: an interstellar radio message broadcast on November 16, 1974 into the globular cluster Messier 13,...
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Proper noun

Arecibo message

  1. An interstellar radio message broadcast on November 16, 1974 into the globular cluster Messier 13, in the hope that extraterrestrial intelligence might receive and decipher it.

Questions about Arecibo message

What does Arecibo message mean?
Arecibo message means an interstellar radio message broadcast on November 16, 1974 into the globular cluster Messier 13, in the hope that extraterrestrial intelligence might receive and decipher it.
What part of speech is Arecibo message?
Arecibo message is a proper noun.

Words near Arecibo message in the dictionary

  1. arecatannins
  2. ARECC
  3. Arechiga
  4. Arechigas
  5. Arecibo
  6. Arecibo message
  7. arecid
  8. arecids
  9. arecoid
  10. arecolin
  11. arecoline

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