Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protobulge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-b-ulge
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.

Example Sentences

"While we have produced box-shaped models (figure 6), the protobulges used were already somewhat box-shaped, and did not resemble elliptical galaxies."

Etymology

From proto- + bulge.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Inflected Forms

protobulges (plural)

Questions

What does protobulge mean?: A group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.
Where does protobulge come from?: From proto- + bulge.

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