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baryon acoustic oscillation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
bary-on a-cous-tic oscil-la-tion
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

one of the regular periodic fluctuations in the density of the visible baryonic matter of the universe

Inflected Forms

baryon acoustic oscillations (plural)

Derived Forms

BAO

Phrases

baryonic matter large-scale structure cosmic web filament of galaxies galaxy filament sheet of galaxies galaxy sheet wall of galaxies

Frequently Paired Words

baryonic matter large-scale structure cosmic web filament of galaxies galaxy filament FoG sheet of galaxies galaxy sheet

Synonyms

BAO

Questions

What does baryon acoustic oscillation mean?
one of the regular periodic fluctuations in the density of the visible baryonic matter of the universe

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