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local bubble

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
lo-cal bub-ble
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A cavity in the interstellar medium of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way estimated to be around 1,000 light years in diameter, with the Solar System sitting close to its centre; likely to be the result of a supernova which exploded in the last ten to twenty million years.

Inflected Forms

the Local Bubble (canonical)

Phrases

Local Fluff

Frequently Paired Words

Local Fluff

Questions

What does local bubble mean?
A cavity in the interstellar medium of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way estimated to be around 1,000 light years in diameter, with the Solar System sitting close to its centre; likely to be the result of a supernova which exploded in the last ten to twenty million years.

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