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massive and compact halo object

massive and compact halo object is the alternative form of massive compact halo object.

Meaning of massive compact halo object

Noun

massive compact halo object (plural massive compact halo objects)

  1. Any kind of astronomical body comprising normal baryonic matter that in sufficient numbers might explain the apparent presence of dark matter in galaxy halos.
    Synonyms:
    MACHO

Forms of massive and compact halo object

pluralmassive and compact halo objects

Origin of massive and compact halo object

A backformation from MACHO, where the "A" originally was the second letter in the word "massive", in "MAssive Compact Halo Object", to provide a separate word to fill in the "A" in the acronym, using "and"

Questions about massive and compact halo object

What is massive and compact halo object the alternative form of?
Massive and compact halo object is the alternative form of massive compact halo object.

Words near massive and compact halo object in the dictionary

  1. Massingill
  2. Massingills
  3. massings
  4. Massis
  5. massive
  6. massive and compact halo object
  7. massive and compact halo objects
  8. massive astronomical compact halo object
  9. massive astronomical compact halo objects
  10. massive astrophysical compact halo object
  11. massive astrophysical compact halo objects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: massive and compact halo object (page history and authors); massive compact halo object (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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