Local Volume

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Local Volume

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From local + volume from being the volume of space in which we exist (that which is local to us).

proper noun

the volume of space around the Milky Way Galaxy out to a distance of approximately 10 megaparsecs or 35 million lightyears away or out to a cosmological redshift recessional radial velocity of 550km/s or z<0.002

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"Local Volume." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/local%20volume. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Local Volume. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/local%20volume

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"Local Volume." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/local%20volume.

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@misc{local_volume_2026,
  title = {Local Volume},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/local%20volume},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}