lenticular galaxy (English, noun)
expansion: lenticular galaxy (plural lenticular galaxies)
Senses:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: lenticular galaxies
tags: plural