spiral galaxy

English

Noun

spiral galaxy (plural spiral galaxies)

1. (astronomy) A galaxy consisting of a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the center containing older ones.

   Synonym: whirlpool galaxy

Hypernyms

• galaxy

Hyponyms

• barred spiral galaxy
• dwarf spiral galaxy
• flocculent spiral galaxy
• intermediate spiral galaxy
• red spiral galaxy
• superluminous spiral galaxy

Translations

galaxy having a number of arms

• Arabic: مَجَرَة حَلَزُونِيَّة f (majara ḥalazūniyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: مجرة حلزونية f (magarra ḥalazuuniya)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螺旋星系 (luóxuán xīngxì)

• Dutch: spiraalstelsel n
• Esperanto: spirala galaksio
• Finnish: kierteisgalaksi (fi)
• French: galaxie spirale f
• Hindi: सर्पिल मंदाकिनी f (sarpil mandākinī)
• Italian: galassia spirale f
• Japanese: 渦巻銀河 (ja) (uzumaki ginga)
• Korean: 나선은하 (ko) (naseoneunha)
• Russian: спира́льная гала́ктика f (spirálʹnaja galáktika)
• Serbo-Croatian: спирална галаксија f (spiralna galaksija)
• Sindhi: گھنڊيدار ڪهڪشان f
• Thai: ดาราจักรชนิดก้นหอย (daa-raa-jàk chá-nít gôn-hɔ̌i)
• Turkish: sarmal galaksi, sarmal gök ada
• Vietnamese: thiên hà xoắn ốc
• Welsh: galaeth droellog f

See also

• elliptical galaxy
• lenticular galaxy
• irregular galaxy

References

• spiral galaxy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia