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- noun A group of neighboring clusters of galaxies.
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- noun astronomy An extended group of
clusters ofgalaxies
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Mr. Ellison said the new hardware-a "supercluster" of Sparc-based servers-set a record for online transaction processing, a measure of performance for running database software, "for any database running on any computer at any time."
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Mr. Ellison said the new hardware-a "supercluster" of Sparc-based servers-set a record for online transaction processing, a measure of performance for running database software, "for any database running on any computer at any time."
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Mr. Ellison said the new hardware-a "supercluster" of Sparc-based servers-set a record for online transaction processing, a measure of performance for running database software, "for any database running on any computer at any time."
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Mr. Ellison said the new hardware-a "supercluster" of Sparc-based servers-set a record for online transaction processing, a measure of performance for running database software, "for any database running on any computer at any time."
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Lawton, director of the Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center at UMass Lowell, noted that the Greater Boston area is a "supercluster" for biotechnology.
Media Newswire 2008
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Lawton, director of the Massachusetts BioManufacturing Center at UMass Lowell, noted that the Greater Boston area is a "supercluster" for biotechnology.
Media Newswire 2008
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Bloomberg News Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle Corp., arrives at federal court to testify in a copyright infringement case in Oakland, Calif. on Nov. 8 Mr. Ellison said the new hardware — a " supercluster " of Sparc-based servers — set a record for online transaction processing, a measure of performance for running database software, " for any database running on any computer at any time.
Ellison Says Oracle Will Cari Tuna 2010
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The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are the dominant structures in a galaxy cluster called the Local Group which is, in turn, an outlying member of the Virgo supercluster.
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He founded an astronomy department at New Mexico State University, and continued his work, discovering a comet, a nova, five open clusters, a globular cluster, and a supercluster of galaxies.
Kate Kelly: Pluto May No Longer Be a Planet but Its Discoverer is still a Star Kate Kelly 2010
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He founded an astronomy department at New Mexico State University, and continued his work, discovering a comet, a nova, five open clusters, a globular cluster, and a supercluster of galaxies.
Kate Kelly: Pluto May No Longer Be a Planet but Its Discoverer is still a Star Kate Kelly 2010
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