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hypergalaxy

hypergalaxy noun: a system that consists of an enormous galaxy accompanied by multiple, smaller satellite galaxies, often elliptical, such as the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy.

Noun

hypergalaxy (plural hypergalaxies)

  1. (rare) A system that consists of an enormous galaxy accompanied by multiple, smaller satellite galaxies, often elliptical, such as the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy.
    • This system we call the Hypergalaxy or second-order Galaxy.1965, Kirill Fedorovich Ogorodnikov, Dynamics of Stellar Systems, Pergamon Press, page 91
    • The term hypergalaxies is applied to galaxies plus their massive coronas and all objects moving in the coronas.1978, J. Einasto, The Large Scale Structure of the Universe; Proceedings of the Symposium, Tallin, Estonian SSR, September 12-16, 1977, page 51

Forms of hypergalaxy

pluralhypergalaxies
alternative formhyper-galaxy

Origin of hypergalaxy

From hyper- + galaxy.

Questions about hypergalaxy

What does hypergalaxy mean?
Hypergalaxy means a system that consists of an enormous galaxy accompanied by multiple, smaller satellite galaxies, often elliptical, such as the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxy.
What part of speech is hypergalaxy?
Hypergalaxy is a noun.
What is the plural of hypergalaxy?
The plural of hypergalaxy is hypergalaxies.

Words near hypergalaxy in the dictionary

  1. hypergalactic
  2. hypergalactosemia
  3. hypergalactosemias
  4. hypergalactosylated
  5. hypergalaxies
  6. hypergalaxy
  7. hypergame
  8. hypergames
  9. hypergamic
  10. hypergamically
  11. hypergamies

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