- Maf|fe|i galaxy
- Maf|fe|i galaxy «mah FAY ee»,either of two large galaxies which are part of the Local Group, discovered in 1971. One is an elliptical and the other a spiral galaxy; they are about 3 million light-years away from earth.╂[< Paolo Maffei, an Italian astrophysicist, who first called attention to them in 1968]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.