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supergalaxies

supergalaxies is the plural of supergalaxy.

Meaning of supergalaxy

Noun

supergalaxy (plural supergalaxies)

  1. A very large, extended cluster of galaxies.
    • Our galaxy, together with the ninety-three globular clusters and the two Magellanic Clouds, forms a sort of super-galaxy in space.1935, Arthur McCracken Harding, Astronomy: The Splendor of the Heavens Brought Down to Earth, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., Our Galaxy Belongs to a Super-Galaxy, page...
  2. A single, isolated galaxy as a result of a wholesale merger of a galaxy cluster or group.
    • Our descendants will observe that they live in a blob of stars, which results from gravity pulling together a few nearby galaxies into one supergalaxy.2013, Clifford A. Pickover, The Book of Black: Black Holes, Black Death, Black Forest Cake and Other Dark Sides of Life, Calla Editions, →ISBN, Lonely Black Sky, page 198

Questions about supergalaxies

What is supergalaxies the plural of?
Supergalaxies is the plural of supergalaxy.

Words near supergalaxies in the dictionary

  1. superfusion
  2. superfusions
  3. supergaiter
  4. supergaiters
  5. supergalactic
  6. supergalaxies
  7. supergalaxy
  8. supergallant
  9. supergargantuan
  10. supergauge
  11. supergaussian

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