Synonyms for galaxy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gal-uh k-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl ək si |
Définition of galaxy
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French galaxie, from Late Latin galaxias "Milky Way," from Greek galaxias (adj.), in galaxias kyklos, literally "milky circle," from gala (genitive galaktos) "milk" (see lactation). The technical astronomical sense emerged 1848. Figurative sense of "brilliant assembly of persons" is from 1580s. Milky Way is a translation of Latin via lactea.
- See yonder, lo, the Galaxyë Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, For hit is whyt. [Chaucer, "House of Fame"]
- Astronomers began to speculate by mid-19c. that some of the spiral nebulae they could see in telescopes were actually immense and immensely distant structures the size and shape of the Milky Way. But the matter was not settled until the 1920s.
- noun nebula
- That the four best scientists in the Galaxy are working toward the solution.
- Extract from : « Competition » by James Causey
- It was with the April number that he concluded his relations with the Galaxy.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- What European parliament could glow with such a galaxy of intellect?
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- In other words, instant travel across the length and breadth of the galaxy!
- Extract from : « Equation of Doom » by Gerald Vance
- Garr Symm, absolute dictator of the galaxy, if he played his hand right.
- Extract from : « Equation of Doom » by Gerald Vance
- He spoke of Cascella, telling the chief how its fame was known throughout the Galaxy.
- Extract from : « Warrior Race » by Robert Sheckley
- February Galaxy on sale December 10th—ask your newsdealer to reserve it for you!
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- Then you can give us no precise count of the stars in the galaxy, George?
- Extract from : « Exile » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- Knowing this distance from experience, they were able to calculate the diameter of this galaxy.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- The apex is out of the plane of the other points, and I am out of this galaxy.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
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