globular cluster: Meaning and Definition of

glob'ular clus'ter

Pronunciation: [key]
— Astron. Astron.
  1. a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center.
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