Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

giant elliptical galaxy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: gi-ant el-lip-ti-cal -galaxy
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A massive elliptical galaxy that is much larger than other galaxies in its cluster and is often located at the center of that cluster.

Inflected Forms

giant elliptical galaxies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dwarf elliptical galaxy

Questions

What does giant elliptical galaxy mean?: A massive elliptical galaxy that is much larger than other galaxies in its cluster and is often located at the center of that cluster.

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