English Dictionary

lenticular galaxy

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

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。

The Hubble images revealed a faint lenticular galaxy whose flat disk has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore shows no spiral arms.

ハッブルの画像は淡いレンズ状銀河を捉え、その平らな円盤は星間物質の大部分を失っているため渦巻腕が見られない。

意味（1）

(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.

lenticular galaxies （ plural ）