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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A galaxy that is many times brighter than other galaxies of the same type. Active galaxies commonly emit most of their excess luminosity from a compact active galactic nucleus.
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- noun astronomy A galaxy where a
significant fraction of theenergy output is notemitted by thenormal components of a galaxy.
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