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galactic rotation
The systematic, differential rotation of stars and interstellar matter in a galaxy about an axis that passes through the galactic center. Spiral and lenticular galaxies have a well-defined rotational structure whereas the individual stars in elliptical galaxies tend to move in random orbits.
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