English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudobulge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A morphological feature of some spiral galaxies that appears similar to a conventional galaxy bulge, but with internal dynamics that are dominated by rotation rather than random motions.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudobulge.wav

Word forms

pseudobulge pseudobulges

Etymology

From pseudo- + bulge.

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