Definition of "globular cluster" [globular cluster]

• A system of stars, generally smaller in size than a galaxy, that is more or less globular in conformation. (noun)

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• "—multicolored stars explode in his vision like the prettiest globular cluster he had ever seen."
• "A monster leaped out, a globular cluster ten times the size of the box."