dark sector

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unknown portion of the Universe outside standard physics, including dark matter and dark energy.
  2. The fraction of the universe that is dark matter and dark energy.

Word forms

dark sector dark sectors

Etymology

From dark + sector. From being named after dark matter and dark energy, and being portion (sector) of a whole (universe).

Antonyms

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.