Categories: Comparisons
An analogy used to explain a scientific idea:
"The largest ellipticals sit at the centres of clusters today, continuing to grow by absorbing any other galaxy that comes too close, like a spider getting fat by sitting in its web and waiting for food to come its way."
John Gribbin (1996) Companion to the Cosmos. (Ed., Mary Gribbin) Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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