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Laniakea
[ luh-nahy-uh-kee-uh ]
noun
, Astronomy.
- a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Laniakea1
2014; Hawaiian: immeasurable (or immense) heaven
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Example Sentences
In the new paper, Laniakea is defined by a gravitational boundary.
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The size and shape of Laniakea depend on the rate of cosmic expansion, which is described by the Hubble parameter.
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