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Meaning of "megaparsec" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEGAPARSEC

megaparsec  [ˈmɛɡəˌpɑːsɛk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEGAPARSEC

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Megaparsec is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MEGAPARSEC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

megaparsec

Parsec

A parsec is an astronomical unit of length used to measure distances to objects outside the Solar System. About 3.26 light-years in length, the parsec is still less than the distance to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, 1.3 parsecs from Earth. Nevertheless, most of the stars visible to the unaided eye in the nighttime sky lie within 500 parsecs of the Sun. The parsec unit was likely first suggested in 1913 by British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner. Named from an abbreviation of the parallax of one arcsecond, it was defined so as to make calculations of astronomical distances quick and easy for astronomers from only their raw observational data. Partly for this reason, it is still the unit preferred in astronomy and astrophysics, though the light year remains prominent in popular science texts and more everyday usage. While parsecs are used for the shorter distances within our galaxy, multiples of parsecs are required for the larger scales in the universe, including kiloparsecs for more distant galactic objects, megaparsecs for the nearer galaxies, and even gigaparsecs for many quasars and the most distant galaxies.

Definition of megaparsec in the English dictionary

The definition of megaparsec in the dictionary is a unit of astronomical distance equal to one million parsecs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEGAPARSEC


arcsec
ˈɑːksɛk
cosec
ˈkəʊsɛk
cusec
ˈkjuːsɛk
demi-sec
ˌdɛmɪˈsɛk
kiloparsec
ˈkɪləˌpɑːˌsɛk
parsec
ˈpɑːˌsɛk
sec
sɛk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEGAPARSEC

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megalopic
megalopolis
megalopolitan
megalops
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meganewton
megaphanerophyte
megaphone
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megaphonically
megaphyll
megapixel
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megapode
megaproject

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEGAPARSEC

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Synonyms and antonyms of megaparsec in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «megaparsec» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEGAPARSEC

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Translator English - Chinese

百万秒差距
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Translator English - Spanish

megaparsec
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megaparsec
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Translator English - Hindi

megaparsec
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ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميغابارسيك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мегапарсек
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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mégaparsec
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Megaparsec
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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Megaparsec
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megaparsec
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Megaparsec
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Translator English - Marathi

मेगापारसेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

megaparsaniye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

megaparsec
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Translator English - Polish

megaparseka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мегапарсек
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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megaparsec
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Trends of use of megaparsec

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGAPARSEC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEGAPARSEC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about megaparsec

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEGAPARSEC»

Discover the use of megaparsec in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to megaparsec and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Old Is the Universe?
... to a distance of 1 billion light-years or more. When we achieved that goal, astronomers predicted, we would find that the value of H had in the distant past been larger than the current-day value of 74 kilometers per second per megaparsec.
David A. Weintraub, 2011
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Cosmology: The Science of the Universe
In other words, the recession velocity increased with distance by 150 kilometers per second for every million light years (or 500 kilometers per second for every megaparsec). In 1952, Walter Baade discovered the two stellar populations.
Edward Harrison, 2000
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History of Shock Waves, Explosions and Impact: A ...
Since the late 1950s astronomers have been arguing for an H0 value of between 50 and 100 km/s/megaparsec, where one ... s/megaparsec, as recently determined with an uncertainty of only 10% (itself a milestone achievement in ...
Peter O. K. Krehl, 2008
4
The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy and ...
For H0 = 70 kilometers per second per megaparsec, this is 1 X 10~26 kilogram per cubic meter — a very low density, indeed! Then Q is the actual density divided by the critical density, so it is exactly one when the observed density is equal to ...
Robert P. Kirshner, 2002
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The Cosmic Keyhole: How Astronomy Is Unlocking the Secrets ...
Now, if you do the math and manipulate the relationship that Hubble discovered ( we will not go into that here), it tells us that the universe is expanding at about 80 km a second for every megaparsec, with an error of plus or minus about 17 km/s  ...
Will Gater, 2009
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Astronomy for Entertainment
But soon the kiloparsec was found inadequate and astronomers were obliged to introduce the "megaparsec," which equals one million par- sees. Here is a table of stellar units of length: 1 megaparsec =1 million parsecs 1 kiloparsec =1 ...
Yakov Perelman, 2000
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The Universe at Midnight: Observations Illuminating the Cosmos
If astronomers could determine the Hubble constant's numerical value, it would state how much galaxy redshifts (in kilometers per second) increase for every megaparsec farther an astronomer looks (one megaparsec is 3.26 million ...
Ken Croswell, 2002
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Transactions on Computational Science XIV: Special Issue on ...
Alpha,. Betti. and. the. Megaparsec. Universe: On. the. Topology. of. the. Cosmic. Web. Rien van de Weygaert1, Gert Vegter2, Herbert Edelsbrunner3, Bernard J.T. Jones1, Pratyush Pranav1, Changbom Park4, Wojciech A. Hellwing5, Bob ...
Marina Gavrilova, Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, C.J. Kenneth Tan, 2012
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Cosmic Entity: A Timeless Perception of the Universe
Current estimates place H0 somewhere between 50 and 100 km·s-1·Mpc-1 ( kilometers per second per megaparsec). A parsec (megaparsec = one million parsecs) is an astronomical unit of distance. A parsec (or parallel second) is the ...
Mark A. Strain, 2004
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Functions and Change:A Modeling Approach to College Algebra
The currently accepted value of Hubble's constant is 70 kilometers per second per megaparsec. (One megaparsec is about 3.086 X 1019 kilometers.) With these units for H, the distance D is measured in megaparsecs, and the velocity Vis ...
Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEGAPARSEC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term megaparsec is used in the context of the following news items.
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9 Stunning Comparisons Show How Massive the Universe Really Is
The universe keeps expanding (at 42.5 miles per second per megaparsec), and we constantly form new hypotheses about how it was created ... «Mic, May 15»
2
How do astronomers know the age of the Universe?
Edwin Hubble himself calculated the figure at around 530 km per second per megaparsec; today, we know the figure is between 65 and 80 km ... «Geek Snack, Apr 15»
3
The past according to Planck: Cosmologists got a lot right
Planck data indicate that objects located a megaparsec (about 3 million light-years) away from each other move apart at roughly 68 kilometers ... «Science News, Feb 15»
4
How fast is the universe expanding?
And then I said something that sounded like "blah blah Lando blah blah Kessel Run 68 km/s per megaparsec". Which translates to if you have a ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
5
Why is Andromeda coming toward us?
The most recent calculation by NASA in 2013 put this amount at 70.4 kilometers per second per megaparsec. At a billion light-years away, the ... «Phys.Org, Jan 15»
6
Cutting Edge Technology Is Hitting the Slopes and Transforming …
The updated figure lands at about 46.2 miles per second, per megaparsec. Just try to make sense of that for a second. Luckily, things here on ... «SportTechie, Jan 15»
7
10 facts about the Milky Way
In the case of the Virgo Supercluster, at least 100 galaxy groups and clusters are located within it massive 33 megaparsec (110 million ... «Phys.Org, Dec 14»
8
Most precise snapshot of the universe unveiled
... current rate of cosmic expansion — holds steady in the new results at 67.3 kilometers per second per megaparsec. This value was previously ... «Science News, Dec 14»
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Single hotspot may be the source of many ultrahigh-energy cosmic …
That still covers a lot of ground, given that the nearest galaxy, Andromeda, is less than one Megaparsec away—it's enough to encompass some ... «Ars Technica, Jul 14»
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Quasars Track Expanding Universe
While a relatively simple concept, its units are slightly wacky at km/s per megaparsec (a parsec is 3.26 lightyears). The history of the universe ... «SkyandTelescope.com, Apr 14»

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