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Definition supervoid in British English

supervoid noun

noun
1

a very large void (=area of space containing few or no galazies) that contains no superclusters (=large groups of galaxies)

Example

The 'supervoid', which is 1.8 billion light-years across, is the largest known structure ever discovered in the universe but scientists are baffled about what it is and why it is so barren.

Definition supervoid in British English