groupcentric
groupcentric adjective: with respect to the centre of a galactic group.
Adjective
groupcentric (not comparable)
- With respect to the centre of a galactic group
- The velocity dispersions of early- and late-type galaxies in compact groups change little with groupcentric radius; the radii sampled are less than 100~h#123;-1#125; kpc, smaller than the radii typically sampled by members of massive clusters of galaxies.2016, Jubee Sohn, Ho Seong Hwang, Margaret J. Geller, Antonaldo Diaferio, Kenneth J. Rines, Myung Gyoon Lee, Gwang-Ho Lee, “Compact Groups of Galaxies with Complete Spectroscopic Redshifts in the...
Origin of groupcentric
From group + -centric.
Questions about groupcentric
- What does groupcentric mean?
- Groupcentric means with respect to the centre of a galactic group.
- What part of speech is groupcentric?
- Groupcentric is an adjective.
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