irregular galaxy

English

Noun

irregular galaxy (plural irregular galaxies)

1. (astronomy) A galaxy which is has no spirals and is not elliptical.

   The Magellanic Clouds are irregular galaxies.

Synonyms

• IrG, Irr

Hypernyms

• galaxy

Hyponyms

• barred irregular galaxy
• dwarf irregular galaxy

 

Translations

galaxy which has no spiral and is not elliptical

• Arabic: مَجَرَة غَيْر مُنْتَظِمَة f (majara ḡayr muntaẓima)

  Egyptian Arabic: مجرة غير منتظمة f (magara ğayr muntaẓima)

• Catalan: galàxia irregular f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不規則星系／不规则星系 (bùguīzé xīngxì)

• Dutch: onregelmatig sterrenstelsel
• Esperanto: malregula galaksio
• Finnish: epäsäännöllinen galaksi
• French: galaxie irrégulière f
• German: Irreguläre Galaxie
• Indonesian: galaksi tak beraturan
• Italian: galassia irregolare f
• Japanese: 不規則銀河 (ja) (fukisokuginga)
• Korean: 불규칙은하(不規則銀河) (bulgyuchigeunha)
• Malay: galaksi tak nalar
• Spanish: galaxia irregular
• Thai: ดาราจักรไร้รูปแบบ (daa-raa-jàk rái rûup-bɛ̀ɛp)
• Vietnamese: thiên hà vô định hình

See also

• elliptical galaxy
• lenticular galaxy
• spiral galaxy