Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collisional ring galaxy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
col-li-sion-al ring -galaxy
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of galaxy that is annulus-shaped, as the result of having collided with another galaxy, that punched through the now collisional ring galaxy's former disc, producing the ring.

Inflected Forms

collisional ring galaxies (plural)

Derived Forms

CRG

Phrases

collisional ring collisional ring system

Frequently Paired Words

collisional ring collisional ring system Einstein ring polar-ring galaxy ringed galaxy ring galaxy stellar stream

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What does collisional ring galaxy mean?
A type of galaxy that is annulus-shaped, as the result of having collided with another galaxy, that punched through the now collisional ring galaxy's former disc, producing the ring.

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