Definizione monolingua

galaxy

galaxy (plural galaxies)

1. (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. [from 14th c.]
   • 1633, John Donne, ""Sapho to Philænis"":

     So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].

2. (astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]

Definizione dizionario galaxy

	galassia
	collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc
	A huge gravitationally bound system of relatively close stars

Galassia

milchstrasse

Altri significati:

(astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]

(now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. [from 14th c.]