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intergalactic absorption
The absorption of light from distant objects by material in intergalactic space; it is too feeble to notice in the case of nearby galaxies but gives rise to the Lyman-alpha forest of spectral lines superimposed on the spectra of quasars and other objects billions of light-years away.
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