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PRONUNCIATION OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER

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Globular cluster is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GLOBULAR CLUSTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Globular cluster

A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. The name of this category of star cluster is derived from the Latin globulus—a small sphere. A globular cluster is sometimes known more simply as a globular. Globular clusters, which are found in the halo of a galaxy, contain considerably more stars and are much older than the less dense galactic, or open clusters, which are found in the disk. Globular clusters are fairly common; there are about 150 to 158 currently known globular clusters in the Milky Way, with perhaps 10 to 20 more still undiscovered. Large galaxies can have more: Andromeda, for instance, may have as many as 500. Some giant elliptical galaxies, particularly those at the centers of galaxy clusters, such as M87, have as many as 13,000 globular clusters. These globular clusters orbit the galaxy out to large radii, 40 kiloparsecs or more.

Definition of globular cluster in the English dictionary

The definition of globular cluster in the dictionary is a densely populated spheroidal star cluster with the highest concentration of stars near its centre, found in the galactic halo and in other galaxies.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOBULAR CLUSTER

globin
Globish
globoid
globose
globosely
globoseness
globosity
globous
globular
globularity
globularly
globularness
globule
globulet
globuliferous
globulin
globulite
globulous
globus
globus hystericus

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOBULAR CLUSTER

adjuster
Auster
blockbuster
buster
cluster
Custer
duster
exhauster
faster
filibuster
fluster
jouster
knuckle-duster
lackluster
luster
muster
ouster
pass muster
Schuster
thruster
truster

Synonyms and antonyms of globular cluster in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «globular cluster» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER

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

Translator English - Chinese

球状星团
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cúmulo globular
570 millions of speakers

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globular cluster
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोलाकार समूह
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

حشد كروي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шаровое скопление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aglomerado globular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গ্লাবুলার ক্লাস্টার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amas globulaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cluster globular
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kugelsternhaufen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

球状星団
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구상 성단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cluster globular
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cụm sao cầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குளோபல் கிளஸ்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोलाकृती क्लस्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küresel küme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ammasso globulare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gromada kulista
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кульове скупчення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roi globular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφαιρωτό σμήνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bolhoop
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

klotformig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kulehop
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOBULAR CLUSTER»

Discover the use of globular cluster in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to globular cluster and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Globular Cluster Systems
A comprehensive review of globular cluster systems - for researchers and graduate students.
Keith M. Ashman, Stephen E. Zepf, 2008
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Extragalactic Globular Cluster Systems: Proceedings of the ...
As a whole, the book gives an up-to-date view of the field at the beginning of the new decade, which will without doubt again bring significant progress in our understanding of globular cluster systems and galaxy formation and evolution.
Markus Kissler-Patig, 2003
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Carbon and Nitrogen Abundance Variations in Globular Cluster ...
The final chapter summarizes the questions addressed and the conclusions reached in the various projects described in this dissertation. Possible future work, which would help to clarify or extend those results, is also briefly outlined.
Sarah L. Martell, 2008
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Deep Mixing in Globular-Cluster Red Giants
This book presents and reviews the results of studies on subjects closely related to the problems of abundance anomalies in globular clusters and covers in particular the problem of deep mixing in globular-cluster red giants and describes a ...
Pavel Denissenkov, Rashid Alievich Si͡uni͡aev, 2004
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Theoretical Astrophysics
For a typical globular cluster, these three radii are 1.5, 10, and 50 pc, respectively . The first two of these radii can also be characterised in terms of the mass distribution in the globular cluster and hence are properties of the cluster itself.
Thanu Padmanabhan, 2001
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Globular Clusters - Guides to Galaxies: Proceedings of the ...
I present a short (and subjective) view of the open problems in the globular cluster – galaxy connection. I start by looking back onto the questions that mostly Canadians asked to each other in the 80's and how they (the questions, not the ...
Tom Richtler, Søren Larsen, 2008
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Field Guide to the Deep Sky Objects
The stars which make up a globular cluster are called Population II stars. These are metal poor stars and are usually to be found in a spherical distribution around the galactic centre at a radius of about 200 l.y. Furthermore, the number of ...
Mike Inglis, 2001
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Horizons: Exploring the Universe
Open Cluster The Jewel Box Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae Visual-wavelength image Visual-wavelength image Visual-wavelength image Visual-wavelength image A n g l o - A u s t r a l i a n O b s e r v a t o r y / D a v i d M a l i n I m a g e s ...
Michael Seeds, Dana Backman, 2009
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Constellation Supernova remnant Globular cluster Globular cluster Globular cluster Globular cluster Open cluster Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Globular cluster Open cluster Globular cluster Globular cluster Globular cluster ...
Ian Ridpath, 2012
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The Practical Astronomer's Deep-sky Companion
M6 (NGC6405) Open Cluster Sco 112 B33 Dark Nebula Ori 92 M7 (NGC6475) Open Cluster Sco 112 B72 Dark Nebula Oph 86 M8 (NGC6523) Emission Nebula Sgr 105 B92 Dark Nebula Sgr 105 M9 (NGC6333) Globular Cluster Oph 87 B93 ...
Jess K. Gilmour, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOBULAR CLUSTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term globular cluster is used in the context of the following news items.
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That Lab Coat Looks Good on You
... by a factor of a million) about the discovery of the birth environment of a globular cluster 50 million light years away, but I didn't expect this. «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
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We Could Find Aliens Any Day Now, SETI Scientists Say
The signal appears to have come from an area of the sky with no stars or planets, northwest of the globular cluster M55. Image Credit: The Ohio ... «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 10 – 18
You may know where to find the diffuse globular cluster M4 within this field. But how about the nice symmetric triple star Rho Ophiuchi? «Sky & Telescope, Jul 15»
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Mystery Of Super-Hot 'Blue Hook' Stars Finally Solved
To reach their conclusion, the team studied the globular cluster Omega Centauri, according to the statement. It contains about 10 million stars in ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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A Six-Year-Old's Guide To Science Communication
... keep up with terms like 'globular cluster' and 'mycelium'—parenting a science obsessed boy sometimes feels like assisting a mad professor. «Asian Scientist Magazine, Jul 15»
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Are the ancient planets discovered around Kapteyn's Star for real?
It's thought that Kapteyn's Star might be associated with the large globular cluster Omega Centauri, which itself is thought to be the remnant of a ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
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Is Kapteyn B Not to Be?
It's thought that Kapteyn's Star might be associated with the large globular cluster Omega Centauri, which itself is thought to be the remnant of a ... «Universe Today, Jul 15»
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site Hosts Star Gazing Program
Some of the specific deep sky objects we will look at include the Ring Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, ... «KGWN, Jul 15»
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Blue Moons in July
Above the Keystone is a bright globular cluster of stars from the Charles Messier catalog, M92, and to the west from the zenith is M13, another ... «Valley morning Star, Jul 15»
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Gaia produces stellar density map of the Milky Way
The globular cluster NGC 104 is easily visible in the image, to the immediate left of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Other globular clusters are ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Globular cluster [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/globular-cluster>. May 2024 ».
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