Antitruncation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Antitruncation is a noun meaning (astronomy, of the disk of a spiral galaxy) The presence of an outer radial surface brightness profile that is distinctly shallower in scope than the main disk profile.
Meaning
(astronomy, of the disk of a spiral galaxy) The presence of an outer radial surface brightness profile that is distinctly shallower in scope than the main disk profile.
Word Forms
- antitruncations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include truncation, digression, apastron, contrantiscion, egress, apogalacticon.
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