Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lenticular galaxy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: lentic-u-lar -galaxy
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

lenticular galaxies (plural)

Phrases

barred lenticular galaxy elliptical galaxy spiral galaxy barred spiral galaxy irregular galaxy

Frequently Paired Words

elliptical galaxy spiral galaxy barred spiral galaxy irregular galaxy

Synonyms

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Questions

What does lenticular galaxy mean?: 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.

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