Exact Match for "galaxy"
- Galaxy⇄Galaxy, noun. Milky Way.
- galaxy⇄galaxy, noun, pl.-axies.
1. a group of billions of stars forming one system. A galaxy is a system or aggregate of stars, cosmic dust, and gas, held together by gravitation, often thousands of light-years in diameter. The earth and the sun are part o
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- blue galaxy⇄blue galaxy
a heavenly body outside of our own galaxy that is brighter than a quasar. - elliptical galaxy⇄elliptical galaxy
a galaxy that appears round or elliptical, without the spiral arms of a spiral galaxy.
Ex. The elliptical galaxies also form a sequence, ranging from almost spherical systems to flattened ellipsoids (Scientific American). - exterior galaxy⇄exterior galaxy,extragalactic nebula.
- external galaxy⇄external galaxy,extragalactic nebula.
- Maffei galaxy⇄Maffei galaxy,
either of two large galaxies which are part of the Local Group, discovered in 1971. One is an elliptical and the other a spiral galaxy; they are about 3 million light-years away from earth.
Ex. The Maffei galaxies, obscured by t - metagalaxy⇄metagalaxy, noun, pl.-axies.
the whole system of known galaxies, especially those outside the Milky Way.
Ex. The metagalaxy ... is essentially the measurable material universe (New Scientist). - N galaxy⇄N galaxy
a galaxy distinguished by a starlike central nucleus. [?N for ?nuclear] - peculiar galaxy⇄peculiar galaxy
any one of a group of galaxies having highly unusual shapes.
Ex. Many of the peculiar galaxies look as though they were normal in shape at one time, but were subsequently distorted in appearance by some unusual event ... either - protogalaxy⇄protogalaxy, noun, pl.-axies.
1. a hypothetical mass of contracting gas in space from which the galaxies may have formed as the result of a cosmic explosion of hydrogen.
2. a galaxy in the process of formation, before any stars have formed in - radio galaxy⇄radio galaxy
a galaxy that emits radio waves.
Ex. It seemed likely ... that most radio sources in space ... were remote radio galaxies which emitted vast amounts of energy by unknown mechanisms (London Times). - spiral galaxy⇄spiral galaxy ornebula
a galaxy or nebula appearing as one or more spiraling streams issuing from a center.
Ex. Our Milky Way system seems to be a spiral galaxy, presumably very much resembling in outline and appearance the Great Spiral in And - supergalaxy⇄supergalaxy, noun, pl.-axies.
a cluster of galaxies.
Ex. the supergalaxy of which the Milky Way is a part (Scientific American). - Zwicky galaxy⇄Zwicky galaxy,
any one of a class of galaxies that recede at about the same speed, have relatively small masses, and concentrate most of their luminosity in a small area.
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