Meaning of GALAXY
| Pronunciation: | | 'galuksee
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- [n] a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
- [n] (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"
- [n] tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
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| | Synonyms: | | beetleweed, cold's foot, extragalactic nebula, galax, Galax urceolata, wandflower |
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, cosmic dust, cosmos, genus Galax, Great Attractor, herb, herbaceous plant, Magellanic Cloud, Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way System, spiral galaxy, spiral nebula, star, universe | |
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| | Definition: | |  Galaxy
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. {Galaxies}. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias,
fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? circle), fr. ?, ?, milk; akin to L. lac. Cf.
{Lacteal}.]
1. (Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt,
which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and
which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and
blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope.
The term has recently been used for remote clusters of
stars. --Nichol.
2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
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| | Definition: | | An extensible language in the vein of EL/1 and RCC. ["Introduction to the Galaxy Language", Anne F. Beetem et al, IEEE Software 6(3):55-62]. |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing the galaxy in your dream, represents your creativity. It also means that you are looking at the broader picture and are more aware of your surroundings. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, galactic cluster, galactic coordinates, galactic latitude, galactic longitude, galactic nebula, galactic noise, galactic pole, great man, heap, hero, heroine, horde, host, idol, immortal, important person, island universe, jam, legion, lion, luminaries, luminary, man of mark, mass, master spirit, Milky Way, mob, multitude, name, notability, notable, panoply, person of note, personage, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, press, public figure, rabble, rout, ruck, social lion, somebody, spate, spheroidal galaxy, spiral, spiral galaxy, spiral nebula, star, supergalaxy, superstar, throng, Via Lactea, worthy |
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