Galaxy
['gæləksɪ] or ['ɡæləksi]
Definition
(noun.) a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people).
(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''.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Milky Way.[2]. Splendid assemblage.
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Definition
n. the Milky-Way or the luminous band of stars stretching across the heavens: any splendid assemblage.
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Examples
- Mr. Weevle reverts from this intelligence to the Galaxy portraits implicated, and seems to know the originals, and to be known of them. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- India, a galaxy of contrasted races, religions, and cultures, Dravidian, Mongolian, and Aryan, became a nation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The management beg leave to state that they have succeeded in securing the services of a GALAXY OF TALENT! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Guppy is engaged in collecting the Galaxy Gallery of British Beauty from the wall and depositing those works of art in their old ignoble band-box. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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