ALL meanings of galaxy
gal·ax·y
G g - noun galaxy A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction. 1
- noun galaxy astronomy: star system 1
- noun galaxy impressive array 1
- noun plural galaxy Astronomy. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. (usually initial capital letter) Milky Way. 1
- noun plural galaxy any large and brilliant or impressive assemblage of persons or things: a galaxy of opera stars. 1
- noun Definition of galaxy in Technology (language) An extensible language in the vein of EL/1 and RCC. 1
- noun galaxy (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. 0
- noun galaxy (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. 0
- countable noun galaxy A galaxy is an extremely large group of stars and planets that extends over many billions of light years. 0
- proper noun galaxy The Galaxy is the extremely large group of stars and planets to which the Earth and the Solar System belong. 0
- singular noun galaxy If you talk about a galaxy of people from a particular profession, you mean a group of them who are all famous or important. 0
- noun galaxy any of a vast number of star systems held together by gravitational attraction in an asymmetric shape (an irregular galaxy) or, more usually, in a symmetrical shape (a regular galaxy), which is either a spiral or an ellipse 0
- noun galaxy a splendid gathering, esp one of famous or distinguished people 0
- noun galaxy Milky Way 0
- noun galaxy a large, independent system of stars, typically containing millions to hundreds of billions of stars: the four classes of galaxies are spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, or irregular, depending on their shape 0
- noun galaxy an assembly of brilliant or famous people 0
- noun galaxy a brilliant array of things 0