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massive and compact halo object

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
mas-sive and -com-pact halo ob-ject
IPA
55
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of massive compact halo object.

Etymology

A backformation from MACHO, where the "A" originally was the second letter in the word "massive", in "MAssive Compact Halo Object", to provide a separate word to fill in the "A" in the acronym, using "and"

Inflected Forms

massive and compact halo objects (plural)

Questions

What does massive and compact halo object mean?
Alternative form of massive compact halo object.
Where does massive and compact halo object come from?
A backformation from MACHO, where the "A" originally was the second letter in the word "massive", in "MAssive Compact Halo Object", to provide a separate word to fill in the "A" in the acronym, using "and"

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