MEANING
A network of independent orbiting collectors arranged around a star to capture a substantial share of its energy.
Use it for
Independent orbiting structures that collect energy from a star.Use for a speculative civilization-scale energy system made of many orbiting collectors, not a single rigid shell.
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The astronomers searched for the Dyson swarm’s waste heat in the star’s infrared spectrum.
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