Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1994. 32: 115-52 Copyright © 1994 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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Key words: galaxies, physical properties, morphological type, mass, star formation

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• OVERVIEW
• Construction of Samples for Analysis
• The Limitations of Galaxy Catalogs
• Summary of Results
• DISCUSSION OF GALAXY PROPERTIES
• Optical Colors
• Optical Linear Size
• Optical Luminosity
• Optical Surface Brightness
• Far Infrared Emission
• Radio Continuum Emission
• X-ray Emission
• Neutral Hydrogen Content
• Carbon Monoxide Content
• H II Regions
• Chemical Abundances
• Total Masses and Related Quantities
• VARIATIONS IN GALAXY PROPRERTIES
• Global Properties
• The Effect of Environment
• The S0 Problem
Classical versus Dwarf
• SUMMARY
• REFERENCES

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