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Noun: globular cluster
  1. (astronomy) a nearly spherical group of many thousands of stars; they are a dense tightly gravitationally bound group that orbits a galaxy

Derived forms: globular clusters

Type of: cluster

Encyclopedia: Globular cluster

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