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supermassive black hole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
su-per-mas-sive black- -hole
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any black hole with a mass from 10⁵ to 10¹⁰ times that of the Sun.

Inflected Forms

supermassive black holes (plural)

Phrases

black hole central black hole hypermassive black hole intermediate mass black hole micro black hole mini black hole primordial black hole quantum mechanical black hole

Frequently Paired Words

black hole BH central black hole hypermassive black hole HMBH intermediate mass black hole IMBH micro black hole

Synonyms

SMBH SBH

Questions

What does supermassive black hole mean?
Any black hole with a mass from 10⁵ to 10¹⁰ times that of the Sun.

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