"lenticular galaxy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lenticular galaxies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lenticular galaxy (plural lenticular galaxies)
  1. (astronomy) A galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat galactic disc, but which has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies. Wikipedia link: lenticular galaxy Categories (topical): Galaxies Synonyms: S0, SA0 Derived forms: barred lenticular galaxy Related terms: elliptical galaxy, spiral galaxy, barred spiral galaxy, irregular galaxy Translations (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter): 透鏡狀星系 (Chinese Mandarin), 透镜状星系 (bàngxuán xīngxì) (Chinese Mandarin), lensosimila galaksio (Esperanto), linssimäinen galaksi (Finnish), galaxie lenticulaire [feminine] (French), lentikuläre Galaxie [feminine] (German), linsenförmige Galaxie [feminine] (German), レンズ状銀河 (renzujō ginga) (Japanese), 렌즈형은하 (renjeuhyeong'eunha) (Korean), ดาราจักรชนิดลูกสะบ้า (daa-raa-jàk chá-nít lûuk-sà-bâa) (Thai), merceksi galaksi (Turkish), thiên hà hình hạt đậu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lenticular_galaxy-en-noun-8PvLR~JE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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