galactic disc

English

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧lac‧tic disc

Noun

galactic disc (plural galactic discs)

  1. (astronomy) A thin, circular distribution of stars and stellar material in a spiral or lenticular galaxy which orbits around the galactic center.
    Hypernym: disc

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