galaxy
31galaxy — Synonyms and related words: Milky Way, Via Lactea, army, barred spiral, barred spiral galaxy, big name, celebrity, cluster, cohue, constellation, cosmic noise, crowd, crush, cynosure, deluge, figure, flock, flood, folk hero, galactic circle,… …
32galaxy — gal|ax|y [ gæləksi ] noun * 1. ) count an extremely large group of stars and planets: the Andromeda galaxy Edwin Hubble discovered that distant galaxies are moving away from us. a ) the Galaxy the large group of stars and planets that the Earth… …
33galaxy — n. (pl. ies) 1 any of many independent systems of stars, gas, dust, etc., held together by gravitational attraction. 2 (the Galaxy) the galaxy of which the solar system is a part. 3 (the Galaxy) the irregular luminous band of stars… …
34galaxy — noun (plural axies) Etymology: Middle English galaxie, galaxias, from Late Latin galaxias, from Greek, from galakt , gala milk; akin to Latin lac milk Date: 14th century 1. a. often capitalized Milky Way galaxy used with the b. any of the very… …
35galaxy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ distant, remote ▪ nearby, nearest, neighbouring/neighboring ▪ known ▪ young …
36galaxy — noun (plural galaxies) 1》 a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction. ↘(the Galaxy) the galaxy of which the solar system is a part; the Milky Way. 2》 a large and impressive …
37galaxy — noun (C) 1 one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe 2 the Galaxy the large group of stars in which our sun and its planets are 3 (singular) a large number of things that are similar: A whole galaxy of pills and tablets was lined …
38Galaxy — /ˈgæləksi/ (say galuhksee) noun Astronomy the, the galaxy of which the earth is a part, containing several billion stars, with the solar system about three fifths of the galaxy s radius from its centre. Diameter: approx. 100 000 light years. Also …
39galaxy — [14] The Greeks had a word for the ‘Milky Way’ – and indeed it was very much the same as ours. They called it galaxías, which was originally an adjective, ‘milky’, derived from the noun gála ‘milk’. English acquired it via late gale 236 Latin… …
40Galaxy — see galaxy …
