supervoidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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supervoid (複数形 supervoids)

1. (astronomy) A very large void, especially one devoid of superclusters.
   • 1971, Time, Time 1971‎^[1], Time, page 10:

     Although the terms are sometimes interesting and useful, they have the effect of turning life into a kind of chartless supervoid. Perhaps the real problem is that too many sociologists and other thinkers have grown post-articulate.

   • 1976, Radiation Effects and Tritium Technology for Fusion Reactors: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 1-3, 1975, Volume 1‎^[2], National Technical Information Service, page 147:

     These "supervoids" typically has length to width rations of up to ten.

   • 1997, Dark Matter In Astro- And Particle Physics, Dark '96‎^[3], World Scientific Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 412:

     The largest mass objects in the universe are superclusters of galaxies, which have a foam-like topology with "great walls" closing "supervoids".