Galaxy

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

A splendid assemblage of persons or things.

3. Noun

A large system of stars, gas, and dust bound together by gravity

4. Noun

(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’"
Vocabulary classified under Physics

5. Noun

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
Vocabulary classified under Biology
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