dark matter

noun

: nonluminous matter not yet directly detected by astronomers that is hypothesized to exist to account for various observed gravitational effects

Examples of dark matter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The experiment is rather unusual for a dark matter detector, as it is not located deep underground. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Anyone who regularly follows dark matter news knows that past tantalizing anomalies evaporated as more data came in. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

In the paper bag, there’s a dark matter manhole that leads to Antaan’s (Paul Ben-Victor) alien world. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026

Many models of dark matter, or other hypothetical physics, call for slightly more or slightly less radiation than what’s expected in standard cosmology. — Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dark matter

• backscatter
• antimatter
• atter
• batter
• blatter
• catarrh
• chatter
• clatter
• fatter
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• latter