expanding arm

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expanding arm [ik′spand·iŋ ′ärm]

(astronomy)

A spiral arm of the Galaxy consisting of neutral hydrogen that lies between 2.5 and 4 kiloparsecs beyond the galactic center and is moving out from it at about 85 miles (135 kilometers) per second.

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