WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Very′ Large′ Array′, [Astron.]
- Astronomya set of 27 radio telescopes arranged in a
Y -shaped pattern, each arm of which is approximately 13 mi. (21 km) long, and located near Socorro, N.M.;
computer-processed data from the set provide high-resolution images of distant astronomical objects. Abbr.: VLA
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