WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
glob′ular clus′ter, [Astron.]
  1. Astronomya 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.
Cf. open cluster, stellar association. 
  • 1855–60

'globular cluster' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cluster - cobweb houseleek - open cluster - star cluster - stellar association

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