galactic plane

collocation in English

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galactic
adjective
uk
/ɡəˈlæk.tɪk/us
/ɡəˈlæk.tɪk/
relating to the Galaxy or ...
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plane
noun[C]
uk
/pleɪn/us
/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition ofgalacticandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The passage times through an arm are simple multiples of published results on impact and fossil record periodicity andgalacticplanehalf-periods.
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This survey is the first large-area, systematic and uniform survey of thegalacticplanein the millimeter continuum.
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The low inclination of its orbit means the star will only stray from thegalacticplane.
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The star is situated about above thegalacticplane.
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Serenity is a massive artifact set 30,000 light-years above thegalacticplane.
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The bulge likewise appears elongated out of thegalacticplane.
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The density estimate varies across space, with the density decreasing rapidly in the direction out of thegalacticplane.
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It is partially obscured by a dusty region of thegalacticplane.
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The inclination of the orbit carries it up to away from thegalacticplane.
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The inclination of this orbit will carry it as much as away from thegalacticplane.
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The maximum distance reached above (or below) thegalacticplaneis.
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It is about deep and centered on thegalacticplane.
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The orbital tilt carries this star as much as from thegalacticplane.
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He found that the mass of thegalacticplanemust be more than the mass of the material that can be seen.
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This orbit carries it no more than about 330 ly (100 pc) above thegalacticplane.
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The orbital inclination is at an angle of from thegalacticplane, carrying it as much as above the disk.
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The model was valid at high galactic latitudes but failed in thegalacticplanebecause of the lack of knowledge of interstellar absorption.
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It is 21,200 light-years distant and somewhat obscured by dust clouds near thegalacticplane.
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Unlike the spherically distributed globulars, they are confined to thegalacticplane, and are almost always found within spiral arms.
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The orbital inclination carries it no more than from thegalacticplane.
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