English Explanatory Dictionary

galactic habitable zone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the zone in a disk galaxy lying within the disk which is neither too far from the core so as to be lacking in heavier elements, nor too close to the core as to experience excessive exposures to supernovae, where intelligent life may develop

Word forms

galactic habitable zone galactic habitable zones

Etymology

From galactic + habitable zone.

Related words

habitable zone circumstellar habitable zone continuously habitable zone
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