lenticular galaxy
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editlenticular galaxy (plural lenticular galaxies)
- (astronomy) 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.
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editgalaxy that has flat disk but has lost most of its interstellar matter
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