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Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy. The unit of measurement used is the radius of the Sun (approximately 695,700 km ; 432,300 mi ).
Facetiously is among the few other words directly attested in OED with single occurrences of all six vowels (counting y as a vowel). The longest word without descenders or ascenders is overnumerousnesses. The longest single palindromic word in English is rotavator, another name for a rotary tiller for breaking and aerating soil.
The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes (209 US tons) for a specimen measuring 27.6 metres (91 ft), whereas longer ones, up to 33 metres (108 ft), have been recorded but not weighed. [1] [2] [3] It is estimated that this individual could have a mass of 250 tonnes or more.
Presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from one to twenty, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next twenty. [3] [4] A distance of twenty yards in ancient archery and gunnery. [5] Threescore: 60 Three score (3x20) Large: 1,000 Slang for one thousand Myriad ...
Other words can be created with a similar (and grammatically correct) mechanism starting from a longer root, winding up with a longer word. Some examples are: sovramagnificentissimamente (cited by Dante Alighieri in De vulgari eloquentia ), 27 letters, "in a way that is more than magnificent by far" (archaic); [ 56 ]
The largest of the Old World monkeys is the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) with large males being up to 50 kg (110 lb), 90 cm (3.0 ft) long and 50 cm (20 in) at the shoulders. [106] The prehistoric baboon Dinopithecus grew even larger than modern mandrills, weighing as much as a grown man.
One species of Megalochelys, M. atlas, is the largest known tortoise, with shells of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in length having been reported. [2] Popular weight estimates for this taxon have varied greatly with the highest estimates reaching up to 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) in some instances. [3]
This is a list of largest galaxies known, sorted by order of increasing major axis diameters. The unit of measurement used is the light-year (approximately 9.46 × 10 12 kilometers). Overview