Galaxy
\Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. Galaxies. [F. galaxie,
L. galaxias, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ? circle), fr. ?, ?, milk; akin to
L. lac. Cf. Lacteal.] 1. (Astron.)
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.
--Nichol.
2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
Source: Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary© 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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