Explore Zwicky through 7 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Zwicky in a sentence
Using Zwicky
- In the example corpus, zwicky often appears in combinations such as: zwicky transient, the zwicky.
Context around Zwicky
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zwicky
- In this selection, "zwicky" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conclusions, fritz, transient, correctly and inferred stand out and add context to how "zwicky" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the zwicky transient facility and at the zwicky transient facility. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zwicky" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zwicky
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Zwicky Transient Facility looks for space objects such as asteroids and comets using two different methods. (16 words)
Fritz Zwicky posited in 1937 that the effect could allow galaxy clusters to act as gravitational lenses. (17 words)
It was named after the Zwicky Transient Facility which first spotted it last year using the wide-field survey camera. (20 words)
Baade and Zwicky correctly proposed at that time that the release of the gravitational binding energy of the neutron stars powers the supernova: "In the supernova process, mass in bulk is annihilated". (32 words)
Zwicky estimated its mass based on the motions of galaxies near its edge and compared that to an estimate based on its brightness and number of galaxies. (27 words)
Astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility – staff scientist Frank Masci and former postdoctoral scholar Bryce Bolin – spotted the comet while using a wide-field survey camera. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
Astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility – staff scientist Frank Masci and former postdoctoral scholar Bryce Bolin – spotted the comet while using a wide-field survey camera.
It was named after the Zwicky Transient Facility which first spotted it last year using the wide-field survey camera.
Zwicky Transient Facility looks for space objects such as asteroids and comets using two different methods.
Baade and Zwicky correctly proposed at that time that the release of the gravitational binding energy of the neutron stars powers the supernova: "In the supernova process, mass in bulk is annihilated".
Based on these conclusions, Zwicky inferred that some unseen matter provided the mass and associated gravitation attraction to hold the cluster together.
Fritz Zwicky posited in 1937 that the effect could allow galaxy clusters to act as gravitational lenses.
Zwicky estimated its mass based on the motions of galaxies near its edge and compared that to an estimate based on its brightness and number of galaxies.
Common combinations with zwicky
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: