ultraluminous infrared galaxy

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ultraluminous infrared galaxy [¦əl·trə¦lü·mə·nəs ‚in·frə‚rəd ′gal·ik·sē]

(astronomy)

One of a class of galaxies that emit intense radiation at infrared wavelengths, 100 times or more as much as the Milky Way Galaxy. Abbreviated ULIRG.

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