Word.ws English Dictionary

Minkowski's Object

Minkowski's Object proper noun: a peculiar irregular dwarf galaxy in the Cetus constellation that was created by a radio jet from active galaxy NGC 541 colliding with and collapsing an intergalactic cloud.

Proper noun

Minkowski's Object

  1. A peculiar irregular dwarf galaxy in the Cetus constellation that was created by a radio jet from active galaxy NGC 541 colliding with and collapsing an intergalactic cloud.
    Synonyms:
    APG 133, Arp 133, LEDA 73957

Synonyms of Minkowski's Object

  • APG 133
  • Arp 133
  • LEDA 73957

Forms of Minkowski's Object

alternative formMinkowski Object
alternative formMinkowski object
alternative formMinkowski's object

Origin of Minkowski's Object

Minkowski + object. From being an unusually shaped object. Named after American astronomer Rudolph Minkowski, who discovered it.

Questions about Minkowski's Object

What does Minkowski's Object mean?
Minkowski's Object means a peculiar irregular dwarf galaxy in the Cetus constellation that was created by a radio jet from active galaxy NGC 541 colliding with and collapsing an intergalactic cloud.
What part of speech is Minkowski's Object?
Minkowski's Object is a proper noun.

Words near Minkowski's Object in the dictionary

  1. Minkowski space
  2. Minkowski spaces
  3. Minkowski spacetime
  4. Minkowski spacetimes
  5. Minkowski's Butterfly
  6. Minkowski's Object
  7. Minkowski's question mark function
  8. Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
  9. Minkowski-Bouligand dimensions
  10. minkowskian
  11. Minkowskis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Minkowski's Object (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Minkowski's Object.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/minkowski%27s_object. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.