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GZK Limit

GZK Limit is the initialism of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit.

Meaning of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit

Proper noun

the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit

  1. A theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic ray protons travelling from other galaxies through the intergalactic medium to the Milky Way.

Proper noun capitalized: GZK limit

GZK limit

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit.

Forms of GZK Limit

alternative formGZK limit
alternative formGZK Limit

Questions about GZK Limit

What is GZK Limit the initialism of?
GZK Limit is the initialism of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit.
What part of speech is GZK Limit?
GZK Limit is a proper noun.

Words near GZK Limit in the dictionary

  1. GZK
  2. GZK Cut Off
  3. GZK Cut-Off
  4. GZK Cutoff
  5. GZK horizon
  6. GZK Limit
  7. GZK mechanism
  8. G³
  9. Gádor
  10. Gáe Bolg
  11. Gáe Bolga

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Adapted from Wiktionary: GZK Limit (page history and authors); GZK limit (page history and authors); Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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