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PRONUNCIATION OF GALACTIC HALO

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GALACTIC HALO

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Galactic halo is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GALACTIC HALO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Galactic halo

The galactic halo is an extended, roughly spherical component of a galaxy which extends beyond the main, visible component. It can refer to any of several distinct components which share these properties: ▪ the galactic spheroid ▪ the galactic corona ▪ the dark matter halo The distinction between the halo and the main body of the galaxy is clearest in spiral galaxies, where the spherical shape contrasts with the flat disc. In an elliptical galaxy, there is no sharp transition between the body of the galaxy and the halo.

Definition of galactic halo in the English dictionary

The definition of galactic halo in the dictionary is a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GALACTIC HALO

galactagogue
galactic
galactic circle
galactic equator
galactic plane
galactic poles
Galactico
galactometer
galactometry
galactophorous
galactopoiesis
galactopoietic
galactorrhoea
galactosaemia
galactosamine
galactose
galactosemic
galactosidase
galactoside
galactosyl

WORDS THAT END LIKE GALACTIC HALO

beefalo
buffalo
calo
Cape buffalo
catalo
cattalo
cembalo
clavicembalo
cymbalo
enhalo
Fanagalo
halo
Indian buffalo
Lalo
pedalo
realo
robalo
tapalo
water buffalo
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Synonyms and antonyms of galactic halo in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «galactic halo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GALACTIC HALO

Find out the translation of galactic halo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of galactic halo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «galactic halo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

银晕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

halo galáctico
570 millions of speakers

English

galactic halo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गांगेय हेलो
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

هالة المجرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

галактическое гало
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auréola galáctico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্যালাক্টিক অন্ধকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auréole galactique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Halo galaksi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

galaktischen Halo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

銀河ハロー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

은하 헤일로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Galaktik halo
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quầng thiên hà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விண்மீன் மண்டலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकाशगंगेचा प्रकाशमान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Galaktik halo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

galattico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

halo galaktycznym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

галактичне гало
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

halo galactic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γαλαξιακό φωτοστέφανο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

galaktiese stralekrans
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

galaktisk halo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

galaktiske glorie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of galactic halo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GALACTIC HALO»

The term «galactic halo» is normally little used and occupies the 126.983 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GALACTIC HALO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about galactic halo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GALACTIC HALO»

Discover the use of galactic halo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to galactic halo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hot Stars in the Galactic Halo: Proceedings of a Meeting, ...
A conference was held in Union College, New York, to gather experts in the field to re-examine the role of these hot stars and this volume draws together their articles to provide a timely review.
A. G. Davis Philip, Saul J. Adelman, Arthur R. Upgren, 1994
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Mapping Galactic Halo and Dwarf Spheroidal Structure with ...
The work presented in this thesis adds to the current observational evidence that the halo of our Galaxy has been built, at least partly, through the accretion of smaller stellar systems like star clusters and dwarf satellite galaxies, and ...
Ricardo Rodrigo Munoz Vidal, 2008
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How does the Galaxy work?: A Galactic Tertulia with Don Cox ...
IONIZATION OF THE GALACTIC HALO J. D. Slavin Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, USA Abstract The ionization of the Galactic halo is revealed by its Hαand X-ray emission and by UV absorption lines of highly ionized species (e.g. C ...
E. J. Alfaro, Enrique Pérez, José Franco, 2006
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Mapping the Local Galactic Halo and an Image Motion ...
No astronomical observations of any sort are possible without appropriate, well-calibrated instrumentation with which to perform the measurements.
Jennifer L. Marshall, 2006
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The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
The Galactic halo contains stars of large random velocities, and these stars are less tightly bound to the Galaxy than the stars in the central bulge. It is not known whether there is a smooth transition from the stars in the central bulge to the stars  ...
Frank H. Shu, 1982
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The Formation of the Milky Way
This vertical structure may explain certain puzzling observations of the galactic halo, such as conflicting c/a values for the shape of the halo, and unusual velocity dispersions and/or distributions near the galactic poles. These results are in ...
E. J. Alfaro, A. J. Delgado, 1995
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Planetary Nebulae in Our Galaxy and Beyond (IAU S234)
But only 13 are known to be Galactic halo objects. Halo PNe are characterized by their height above the Galactic plane, peculiar velocity compared to the Galactic rotation curve of the disk components and also their low metallicity. These halo ...
Michael J. Barlow, Roberto H. Méndez, 2006
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second conference on co-ordination of galactic research
(C) THE GALACTIC HALO The objects from which the structure of the galactic halo may be derived by optical means are the extreme population II objects such as RR Lyrae variables with periods longer than 004 days, the sub-dwarfs, globular ...
Adriaan Blaauw, 1959
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Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields
The observed X-ray emission implies halo gas densities of the order of 10~3/cm3 at 106 - 107 °K. The X-ray emission is sufficiently intense that the cooling times of the galactic halo are small compared to the Hubble time, raising the question ...
International Astronomical Union. Symposium, R. Beck, P.P. Kronberg, 1990
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The Large-scale Characteristics of the Galaxy: Symposium ...
GAMMA-RAY EVIDENCE FOR A GALACTIC HALO F. W. Stecker Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenblet, Maryland U.S.A. Abstract: •y~ray data favor a cosmic-ray propagation halo comparable ...
William Butler Burton, 1979

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GALACTIC HALO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term galactic halo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Galactic Cannibalism? Supergiant Galaxy M87 Still Growing …
Astronomers studied the gas clouds surrounding this family of stars that are enshrouding the galaxies like a galactic halo. In this new study, ... «Yibada, Jun 15»
2
Our galaxy is 210b times heavier than sun
In the past, the speed of stars in the galactic halo - a sparse sphere around the edge of the galaxy - were used to estimate the Milky Way's mass ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
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The Milky WEIGH: Most accurate calculation for our galaxy's mass …
In the past, the speed of stars in the galactic halo - a sparse sphere around the edge of the galaxy - were used to estimate the Milky Way's mass ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
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Astronomy Photo of the Day — NGC 4414
Tags: Adam BlockAPODAPotDDwarf GalaxyGalactic HalohaloNGC 4414Star FormationStar Stream. Over the course of a single year, we ... «From Quarks to Quasars, May 15»
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Cannibal crime scene discovered in space
The Milky Way's galactic halo contains a mixture of gas, ancient stars, old globular star clusters and dark matter, in a vast region thought to be ... «ABC Science Online, May 15»
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Gigantic Galactic Halo Of Andromeda Might Hint Of How Galaxies …
A massive halo of gas was discovered surrounding the galaxy of Andromeda, according to researchers from the University of Notre Dame. «Tech Times, May 15»
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The Milky Way's Rippled Structure --"A Dwarf Galaxy or Dark Matter …
Newberg currently researches the structure and evolution of our own galaxy, using stars as tracers of the galactic halo and disks. These stars in ... «The Daily Galaxy, May 15»
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Dark matter interaction with itself is 'tiny-but-not-zero' (Includes …
... colliding dark matter from another galaxy — will show a similar lag as gas clouds thus will be "offset" from its original galactic halo position. «Digital Journal, May 15»
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Extended hard-X-ray emission in the inner few parsecs of the Galaxy
... emission is also much more centrally localized and asymmetric than would be predicted for dark-matter annihilation in the Galactic halo. «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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The corrugated galaxy -- Milky Way may be much larger than …
Newberg currently researches the structure and evolution of our own galaxy, using stars as tracers of the galactic halo and disks. These stars in ... «Science News, Mar 15»

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