Protobulge
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Protobulge is a noun meaning (astronomy) A group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.
Meaning
(astronomy) A group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.
Example Sentences
While we have produced box-shaped models (figure 6), the protobulges used were already somewhat box-shaped, and did not resemble elliptical galaxies.
Word Forms
- protobulges
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudobulge, backbulge, cluster, ring, belt, clustercore.
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