(astronomy) Any galaxy, considerably smaller than the Milky Way, that has only several billions of stars.

(astronomy) A galaxy which is has no spirals and is not elliptical.

(astronomy) A galaxy that, like spiral galaxies, has a flat disk, but unlike them has lost most of its interstellar matter and therefore has no spirals; considered a transitional form between spirals and elliptical galaxies.

(mythology) In new age mythology, the mother goddess corresponding to Gaia, but on a higher, galactic, level

(astronomy) A galaxy having a number of arms of younger stars that spiral out from the centre containing older ones

plural of elliptical galaxy

A galaxy having a smooth, featureless light-profile. It is one of the three main classes of galaxies originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work “The Realm of the Nebulae”.

plural of starburst galaxy

plural of radio galaxy

(astronomy) Type of galaxy that is very luminous at radio wavelengths.