dust lane

collocation in English

meaningsofdustandlane

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dust
noun[U]
uk
/dʌst/us
/dʌst/
dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building, or very small dry pieces of soil, sand, or ...
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lane
noun[C]
uk
/leɪn/us
/leɪn/
a narrow road in the countryside or in ...
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(Definition ofdustandlanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The inner part of the galaxy appears to be lenticular, with adustlanein it.
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It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominentdustlanein its inclined disk.
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It is surrounded by large, bright globular clusters and has a very prominentdustlanemade up of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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It has a prominentdustlaneand has several visible star forming regions.
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The darkdustlaneand the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero.
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Dust lanes and patches of great complexity are scattered throughout the surface.
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Its bar is a center of star formation and shows extensions of the spiral arms' dust lanes.
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These dust lanes are usually seen in young galaxies with active star-forming regions.
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The stellar winds of the two stars collide and form two dust lanes that spiral outward with the rotation of the system.
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There is a multiple spiral structure defined more by the dust lanes than by luminous matter.
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Though nondescript in most amateur telescopes, it presents bright clusters of young stars and many dark dust lanes in photographs.
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This is an emission nebula showing glowing gas and darker dust lanes.
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Photographs reveal a brilliant core, two prominent spiral arms and an array of secondary ones, as well as several dust lanes.
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Dust lanes, tiny condensations, and strange radial streaks all appear with unprecedented clarity for such distant phenomena.
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The inner disk contains the prominent dust lanes of the galaxy.
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It has dust lanes throughout its center.
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