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velocity dispersions

velocity dispersions is the plural of velocity dispersion.

Meaning of velocity dispersion

Noun

velocity dispersion (plural velocity dispersions)

  1. The statistical dispersion (about a mean) of the velocities of the stars in a galaxy (or galaxies in a cluster)

Questions about velocity dispersions

What is velocity dispersions the plural of?
Velocity dispersions is the plural of velocity dispersion.

Words near velocity dispersions in the dictionary

  1. velocitous
  2. velocity
  3. velocity curve
  4. velocity curves
  5. velocity dispersion
  6. velocity dispersions
  7. velocity potential
  8. velocity potentials
  9. velodorsal
  10. velodrome
  11. velodromes

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