English

Noun

lenticular galaxy ‎(plural lenticular galaxies)

1. (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.

Abbreviations

• S0, SA0

Derived terms

• barred lenticular galaxy

Translations

See also

• elliptical galaxy
• spiral galaxy
• barred spiral galaxy
• irregular galaxy