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supermassive

Pronunciation: /suːpəˈmasɪv, sjuː-/

Definition of supermassive

adjective

Astronomy

having a mass many times (typically between 10⁶ and 10⁹ times) that of the sun:a supermassive star

supermassive in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of supermassive in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

superluminal
superlunary
supermajority
superman
supermarket
supermassive
supermax
supermini
supermodel
supermum
supermundane

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enjambement

/ ɪnˈdʒam(b)m(ə)nt

noun

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause …

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