MILKY WAY SYSTEM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Milky Way System mean?
• MILKY WAY SYSTEM (noun)
The noun MILKY WAY SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky
Familiarity information: MILKY WAY SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MILKY WAY SYSTEM (noun)
Meaning:
The galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System
Hypernyms ("Milky Way System" is a kind of...):
extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)
Meronyms (parts of "Milky Way System"):
heliosphere (the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system)
Meronyms (members of "Milky Way System"):
Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)
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