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cosmic web

cosmic web noun: a vast foam-like structure of galaxy clusters, superclusters, sheets, walls, and filaments, separated by immense voids.

Noun

cosmic web (plural cosmic webs)

  1. A vast foam-like structure of galaxy clusters, superclusters, sheets, walls, and filaments, separated by immense voids.
    • The observations reveal that an ancient cluster of galaxies about 12bn light years away in the constellation of Aquarius are linked together by a network of faint gas filaments. The existence of the cosmic web is central to current theories of how galaxies first formed following the big bang, but...2019 October 3, Hannah Devlin, “Scientists observe mysterious cosmic web directly for first time”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of cosmic web

pluralcosmic webs

Questions about cosmic web

What does cosmic web mean?
Cosmic web means a vast foam-like structure of galaxy clusters, superclusters, sheets, walls, and filaments, separated by immense voids.
What part of speech is cosmic web?
Cosmic web is a noun.
What is the plural of cosmic web?
The plural of cosmic web is cosmic webs.

Words near cosmic web in the dictionary

  1. cosmic teapot
  2. cosmic time
  3. cosmic times
  4. cosmic wall
  5. cosmic walls
  6. cosmic web
  7. cosmic year
  8. cosmic years
  9. cosmical
  10. cosmicality
  11. cosmically

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