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pseudobulge

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + bulge.

  1. derived from *bolgos✻ — “sack, bag, stomach”
  2. derived from *bulga✻
  3. derived from bulga — “leather sack”
  4. derived from boulge — “leather bag”
  5. inherited from bulge — “leather bag; hump”
  6. prefixed as pseudobulge — “pseudo + bulge”

Definitions

  1. A morphological feature of some spiral galaxies that appears similar to a conventional…

    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.

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