globular cluster

noun Astronomy.

a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center.

Compare open cluster, stellar association.

Origin of globular cluster

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby globular cluster

globoid, globoid cell leukodystrophy, globose, globoside, globular, globular cluster, globule, globuliferous, globulin, globulinuria, globus

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British Dictionary definitions for globular cluster

globular cluster

noun

astronomy a densely populated spheroidal star cluster with the highest concentration of stars near its centre, found in the galactic halo and in other galaxies

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Scientific definitions for globular cluster

globular cluster

[ glŏb′yə-lər ]

A spherical mass made up of thousands to hundreds of thousands of densely packed stars of nearly the same age (typically very old). Globular clusters occupy the inner regions of a galactic halo and revolve around the nucleus of galaxies in highly elliptical orbits inclined to the disk of the spiral arms. There are approximately 150 of these clusters in the Milky Way. It is believed that globular clusters can provide information about the evolution and lifespan of stars. Compare open cluster.

单词	globular cluster
释义	globular cluster noun Astronomy. a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center. Compare open cluster, stellar association. Origin of globular cluster First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby globular cluster globoid, globoid cell leukodystrophy, globose, globoside, globular, globular cluster, globule, globuliferous, globulin, globulinuria, globus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for globular cluster globular cluster noun astronomy a densely populated spheroidal star cluster with the highest concentration of stars near its centre, found in the galactic halo and in other galaxies Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for globular cluster globular cluster [ glŏb′yə-lər ] A spherical mass made up of thousands to hundreds of thousands of densely packed stars of nearly the same age (typically very old). Globular clusters occupy the inner regions of a galactic halo and revolve around the nucleus of galaxies in highly elliptical orbits inclined to the disk of the spiral arms. There are approximately 150 of these clusters in the Milky Way. It is believed that globular clusters can provide information about the evolution and lifespan of stars. Compare open cluster. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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