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(astronomy) A galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat disk, but unlike them 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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lenticular galaxy
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lenticular galaxy
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Japanese Meaning
レンチュラ銀河:渦巻銀河のように平らな円盤状の構造を持つが、星間物質をほとんど失い、渦巻構造を持たない銀河。楕円銀河と渦巻銀河の中間的な性質を示す転換形態とされる。
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