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Local Supercluster

US/ˌloʊkl̩ ˈsupɚˌklʌstɚ/

Local Supercluster proper noun: synonym of Virgo Supercluster, a lobe of the Laniakea Supercluster; a supercluster representing all the nearby galaxies which have clumped together.

Proper noun

Local Supercluster

  1. Synonym of Virgo Supercluster, a lobe of the Laniakea Supercluster; a supercluster representing all the nearby galaxies which have clumped together.
    Synonyms:
    Virgo Supercluster, Virgo SCl, Vir SC, VirSC
  2. Synonym of Laniakea, a supercluster representing all the galaxies drawn towards the local gravitational center.
    Synonyms:
    Laniakea Supercluster, Laniakea SCl, Laniakea

Local Supercluster meaning in Hindi and Tamil

Local Supercluster in Hindi

Supercluster that includes the Milky Way
कन्या महागुच्छ kanyā mahāgucch, कन्या kanyā

Local Supercluster in Tamil

ஒரிட விண்மீன் மீதொகுப்பு

Synonyms of Local Supercluster

Origin of Local Supercluster

Coined by Gerard de Vaucouleurs in 1958.

Words formed from Local Supercluster

Questions about Local Supercluster

What does Local Supercluster mean?
Local Supercluster means synonym of Virgo Supercluster, a lobe of the Laniakea Supercluster; a supercluster representing all the nearby galaxies which have clumped together.
What is Local Supercluster in Hindi?
Local Supercluster in Hindi is कन्या महागुच्छ (kanyā mahāgucch), कन्या (kanyā). See Local Supercluster meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Local Supercluster?
Local Supercluster is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Local Supercluster?
Local Supercluster is pronounced /ˌloʊkl̩ ˈsupɚˌklʌstɚ/ (US).

Words near Local Supercluster in the dictionary

  1. local sidereal times
  2. local solar time
  3. local solar times
  4. local street
  5. local streets
  6. Local Supercluster
  7. local taxi
  8. local taxies
  9. local taxis
  10. local time
  11. local times

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Local Supercluster (page history and authors); local supercluster (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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