Local Volume

English

proper-noun
Definitions
  • (astronomy) the volume of space around the Milky Way Galaxy out to a distance of approximately 10 megaparsecs or 35 million lightyears away or out to a cosmological redshift recessional radial velocity of 550km/s or z<0.002

Etymology

Compound from English local + English volume.

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English

volume

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