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pseudobulge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pseu-dob-ulge
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A morphological feature of some spiral galaxies that appears similar to a conventional galaxy bulge, but with internal dynamics that are dominated by rotation rather than random motions.

Etymology

From pseudo- + bulge.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pseudobulges (plural)

Questions

What does pseudobulge mean?
A morphological feature of some spiral galaxies that appears similar to a conventional galaxy bulge, but with internal dynamics that are dominated by rotation rather than random motions.
Where does pseudobulge come from?
From pseudo- + bulge.

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