ultramassive

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/ˈʌltɹəˈmæs.ɪv/

adjective

Extraordinarily massive; of utmost massiveness.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveultramassive (comparative more ultramassive, superlative most ultramassive)

comparative more ultramassive · superlative most ultramassive

  1. rareExtraordinarily massive; of utmost massiveness.

    He considers repetition of treatment after a 2-month interval more desirable than ultramassive doses.

    1953, Juan Enrique Mackinnon, Parasitology (1949-1950), Unesco Science Cooperation Office for Latin America, page 97
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    In particular, there has been no confirmation of the point of view of western scientists who contend that there is an enormous ultramassive body at the center of the Galaxy.

    1977, USSR and Eastern Europe Scientific Abstracts, Geophysics, Astronomy and Space, Number 393, Joint Publications Research Service, page 2

    It seems quite unlikely that these ultramassive exchange particles can be directly detected in the foreseeable future, but it would be sufficient to detect their effects, if those effects were completely unlike those produced by any other exchange particles. And such an effect does (or, at any rate, might) exist.

    1983, Isaac Asimov, Counting the Eons, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 109

    Synonyms: supermassive

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExtraordinarily massive; of utmost massiveness.

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