galactic habitable zone
English
noun
Definitions
- (astrobiology) the zone in a disk galaxy lying within the disk which is neither too far from the core so as to be lacking in heavier elements, nor too close to the core as to experience excessive exposures to supernovae, where intelligent life may develop
Etymology
Compound from English galactic + English habitable zone.
Origin
English
habitable zone
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Cognates and derived terms
- anagalactic English
- antigalactic English
- apogalactic English
- circumgalactic English
- continuously habitable zone English
- exogalactic English
- extragalactic English
- galactic English
- galactically English
- habitable English
- habitable zone English
- intergalactic English
- intragalactic English
- metagalactic English
- multigalactic English
- non-galactic English
- nongalactic English
- pangalactic English
- perigalactic English
- pregalactic English
- protogalactic English
- subgalactic English
- supergalactic English
- transgalactic English
- zone English
- γαλακτικός Ancient Greek
- zone
- galactic
- habitable
- pregalactic
- nongalactic
- subgalactic
- exogalactic
- apogalactic
- anagalactic
- pangalactic
- metagalactic
- galactically
- antigalactic
- perigalactic
- non-galactic
- transgalactic
- intergalactic
- intragalactic
- protogalactic
- supergalactic
- multigalactic
- extragalactic
- circumgalactic
- habitable zone
- continuously habitable zone