supercluster

American  

[soo-per-kluhs-ter] / ˈsu pərˌklʌs tər /

noun

Astronomy.

1. a cluster of open clusters.

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supercluster Scientific  

/ so̅o̅′pər-klŭs′tər /

1. A large group of neighboring clusters of galaxies, along with isolated galaxies scattered between them, the entire collection ranging in size from roughly 10 million to 1 billion light-years in diameter. The distribution of clusters is often close to that of a flattened sphere or disk. The Milky Way belongs to a galactic cluster known as the Local Group, which in turn is a member, along with about a hundred other such clusters, of the Virgo or Local Supercluster. There is some question as to whether gravity holds superclusters together and whether any larger structures exist within which superclusters are organized.

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Etymology

Origin of supercluster

First recorded in 1925–30; super- + cluster

Example Sentences

Urvi Parekh, Meta’s head of global energy, indicated the agreement would support Meta’s operations in the region as well as its artificial-intelligence supercluster in New Albany.

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Urvi Parekh, Meta’s head of global energy, indicated the agreement would support Meta’s operations in the region as well as its artificial-intelligence supercluster in New Albany.

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Urvi Parekh, Meta’s head of global energy, indicated the agreement would support Meta’s operations in the region as well as its artificial-intelligence supercluster in New Albany.

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AMD secured a long-term deal to supply OpenAI with Instinct GPUs and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will launch an AI supercluster powered by AMD’s MI450 GPUs.

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AMD said Tuesday that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure would serve as a launch partner for the first publicly available AI “supercluster” powered by its Instinct MI450 GPUs, starting in the third quarter of 2026.

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