An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Frequent, high speed galaxy → encounters within → galaxy clusters. Harassment can disturb the morphologies of the galaxies involved, often inducing a new → burst of star formation. Asymmetrical galaxies, → warps, → bars, and → tidal tails can all be produced through galaxy harassment.

→ galaxy; → harassment.

The act or an instance of harassing. → galaxy harassment.

Verbal noun of → harass.