"dwarf galaxy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dwarf galaxies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dwarf galaxy (plural dwarf galaxies)
  1. (astronomy) Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars. Wikipedia link: dwarf galaxy Categories (topical): Galaxies Hypernyms: galaxy Hyponyms: blue compact dwarf galaxy, dwarf elliptical galaxy, dwarf irregular galaxy, dwarf spheroidal galaxy, dwarf spiral galaxy, ultra-compact dwarf galaxy, ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Related terms: giant galaxy Translations (small galaxy): galàxia nana [feminine] (Catalan), 矮星系 (ǎixīngxì) (Chinese Mandarin), nana galaksio (Esperanto), kääpiögalaksi (Finnish), galaxie naine [feminine] (French), Zwerggalaxie [feminine] (German), törpegalaxis (Hungarian), galassia nana [feminine] (Italian), 矮小銀河 (waishō ginga) (alt: わいしょうぎんが) (Japanese), 왜소은하 (waeso'eunha) (alt: 矮小銀河) (Korean), galáxia anã [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́рликовая гала́ктика (kárlikovaja galáktika) [feminine] (Russian), патуљаста галаксија (patuljasta galaksija) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dvärggalax [common-gender] (Swedish), cüce gökada (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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