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spiral arm

noun

, Astronomy.
  1. any of the elongated and curved spiral sections that are connected to the center of a spiral galaxy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiral arm1

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

Tantalus lay far out on a spiral arm, well away from the main stream of traffic that flowed through the galaxy.

Xanabar lays across the Spiral Arm, a sprawling sphere of influence vast, mighty, solid at the core.

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