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supercloud

supercloud noun: a very large cloud of stellar material.

Noun

supercloud (plural superclouds)

  1. A very large cloud of stellar material.
    • There is, however, a significant difference between the contraction of the stars of a cluster from the original gas cloud, and the contraction of whole galaxies from the supercloud that gives rise to a group or galaxies. While the stellar cluster cloud fragments into stars, the turbulence in the...1965, John Vincent Peach, Creation and Cosmology, Burns & Oates, →ISBN, pages 49-50
    • “Regular strings of H II regions and superclouds in spiral galaxies: clues to the origin of cloudy structure.”1986, Marcia Bartusiak, Thursday's Universe, Omni Press, Times Books, →ISBN, page 281

Forms of supercloud

pluralsuperclouds

Origin of supercloud

From super- + cloud.

Questions about supercloud

What does supercloud mean?
Supercloud means a very large cloud of stellar material.
What part of speech is supercloud?
Supercloud is a noun.
What is the plural of supercloud?
The plural of supercloud is superclouds.

Words near supercloud in the dictionary

  1. superclear
  2. superclimbing
  3. superclone
  4. superclones
  5. supercloseness
  6. supercloud
  7. superclouds
  8. superclub
  9. superclubs
  10. supercluster
  11. supercluster complex

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