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protobulges

protobulges is the plural of protobulge.

Meaning of protobulge

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

Questions about protobulges

What is protobulges the plural of?
Protobulges is the plural of protobulge.

Words near protobulges in the dictionary

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

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