Dictionary

lenticular galaxy en · NOUN

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

barred lenticular galaxy

Relateds

barred spiral galaxy · irregular galaxy · spiral galaxy · elliptical galaxy

Synonyms

SA0 · S0

Translations (15)

fr galaxie lenticulaire (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · tr merceksi galaksi (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · ko 렌즈형은하 (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · gl galaxia lenticular (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · de lentikuläre Galaxie (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · de linsenförmige Galaxie (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · th ดาราจักรชนิดลูกสะบ้า (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · pl galaktyka soczewkowata (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · fi linssimäinen galaksi (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · ja レンズ状銀河 (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · hi वृत्ताभ मंदाकिनी (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · vi thiên hà hình hạt đậu (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · es galaxia lenticular (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · cmn 透鏡狀星系 /透镜状星系 (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter) · eo lensosimila galaksio (galaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter)