Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zone of avoidance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: zone of avoid-ance
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The region of the Universe in alignment with the galactic plane of the Milky Way where few galaxies were initially seen due to dust interfering with the view of ground-based telescopes.

Questions

What does zone of avoidance mean?: The region of the Universe in alignment with the galactic plane of the Milky Way where few galaxies were initially seen due to dust interfering with the view of ground-based telescopes.

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