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protobulge

protobulge noun: a group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.

Noun

protobulge (plural protobulges)

  1. A group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.
    • While we have produced box-shaped models (figure 6), the protobulges used were already somewhat box-shaped, and did not resemble elliptical galaxies.1984, Joshua Edward Barnes, On the Origin of Galactic Bulges, the Evolution of Groups, and the Distribution of Abell Clusters

Forms of protobulge

pluralprotobulges

Origin of protobulge

From proto- + bulge.

Questions about protobulge

What does protobulge mean?
Protobulge means a group of stars that accumulate into a galactic bulge.
What part of speech is protobulge?
Protobulge is a noun.
What is the plural of protobulge?
The plural of protobulge is protobulges.

Words near protobulge in the dictionary

  1. protobranchiate
  2. protobranchs
  3. protobromide
  4. protobromides
  5. protobrosis
  6. protobulge
  7. protobulges
  8. protocadherin
  9. protocadherins
  10. protocanonical
  11. protocanonicals

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