cosmic web
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vast foam-like structure of galaxy clusters, superclusters, sheets, walls, and filaments, separated by immense voids.
Example Sentences
- "The observations reveal that an ancient cluster of galaxies about 12bn light years away in the constellation of Aquarius are linked together by a network of faint gas filaments. The existence of the cosmic web is central to current theories of how galaxies first formed following the big bang, but until now evidence for it had remained largely circumstantial."
Inflected Forms
cosmic webs (plural)