galactic nucleus
noun
The central part of a galaxy; specifically that of the Milky Way galaxy.
- The nuclei of most large galaxies are now believed to contain a supermassive black hole..
Origin
1920s.
- possessional
- possessionary
- possessionate
- possessioned
- possessioner
- possessionless
- possession order
- possessive
- possessive determiner
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- possessiveness
- possessive pronoun
- possessor
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- posset
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- possibility
- possibility theorem