galaxy
noun
gal·axy
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plural galaxies
Definition of galaxy
b
: any of the very large groups of stars and associated matter that are found throughout the universe
2a
: an assemblage of brilliant or notable persons or things
a galaxy of artists
b
: world sense 11
remained galaxies apart on the issue — Newsweek
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Examples of galaxy in a Sentence
The event was attended by a galaxy of artists.
they're a galaxy apart when it comes to politics
Recent Examples on the Web
According to a study published last month in The Astronomical Journal, extraterrestrial life might taking its time to fully explore the galaxy, even using the movement of star systems to make this type of journey easier. — Fox News, "Alien civilizations may have explored the Milky Way and visited Earth already, new study claims," 10 Sep. 2019 Recruited by the Rebel Alliance, Jyn Erso joins forces with a spy and other resistance fighters to steal the Empire’s plans for the most powerful weapon in the galaxy, the Death Star. — Los Angeles Times, "Movies on TV this week Sept. 1 - 7, 2019: John Wayne in ‘The Searchers’ and more," 30 Aug. 2019 Gravitational waves from a supernova explosion are predicted to be weak, so the source would have to be close by (ie, within Earth’s home galaxy, the Milky Way) for LIGO and Virgo to be able to detect them. — The Economist, "Gravitational astronomy proves its maturity," 22 Aug. 2019 Changing the amount of dark matter changes the forces influencing galaxies, and yet the algorithm works. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, "Faced with a Data Deluge, Astronomers Turn to Automation," 21 Aug. 2019 The more massive a galaxy, the more massive the supermassive black hole at its heart. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Scientists Just Found 39 Ancient Galaxies," 7 Aug. 2019 But with perhaps 250 billion stars in the Milky Way and up to 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and with virtually every star now thought to have at least one planet, there are trillions of places to look. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, "Three 'Missing-Link' Planets Were Discovered Circling a Nearby Star by the New TESS Spacecraft," 31 July 2019 But buried among the mountain of data, Narkevic found an odd signal that seemed to come from the direction of our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. — Wired, "An Alien-Hunting Tech Mogul May Help Solve a Space Mystery," 21 July 2019 During the performance, the Holosphere will illuminate with swirling galaxies, crackle with darts of electricity, and transform into slowly rotating alien planets. — Dani Deahl, The Verge, "Eric Prydz is going to DJ inside a giant glowing sphere — here’s how it was made," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'galaxy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for galaxy
galaxy
noun
English Language Learners Definition of galaxy
: any one of the very large groups of stars that make up the universe
: the galaxy in which we live
: a large group of important or well-known people or things
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galaxy
noun
gal·axy
| \ ˈga-lək-sē
\
\
plural galaxies
Kids Definition of galaxy
1
: milky way galaxy
2
: one of the very large groups of stars, gas, and dust that make up the universe
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