lenticular galaxy
Noun
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Noun
lenticular galaxy
- (galaxy) A galaxy that like spiral galaxies has a flat disk but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.
- S0, SA0
- German: lentikuläre Galaxie, linsenförmige Galaxie
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