- Light Year
- The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, 9,461,000,000,000 kilometers (5,880,000,000,000 miles).
The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology. 2014.
The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology. 2014.
Light year — Light year, Light year Light year (Astron.) 1. The distance over which light can travel in a year s time in a vacuum, 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion kilometers); used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Light-year — Light year, Light year Light year (Astron.) 1. The distance over which light can travel in a year s time in a vacuum, 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion kilometers); used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
light year — also light year, lightyear, distance light travels in one year, 1888, from LIGHT (Cf. light) (n.) + YEAR (Cf. year) … Etymology dictionary
light year — n 1.) the distance that light travels in one year, about 9,460,000,000,000 kilometres, used for measuring distances between stars ▪ a star 3,000 light years from earth 2.) light years ahead/better etc than sth informal much more advanced, much… … Dictionary of contemporary English
light year — light years 1) N COUNT A light year is the distance that light travels in a year. ...a star system millions of light years away. 2) N COUNT: usu pl, N prep/adv (emphasis) You can say that two things are light years apart to emphasize a very great … English dictionary
light-year — [līt′yir΄] n. 1. Astron. a unit of distance equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, c. 9,460,000,000,000 km (5,880,000,000,000 mi): abbrev. lt yr or ly: cf. PARSEC 2. a very great distance, amount of time, etc.usually… … English World dictionary
light year — light ,year noun 1. ) count the distance that light travels in a year, used as a unit for measuring distances in space 2. ) light years plural INFORMAL a very long way in time, distance, or quality: Her life in Hollywood was light years away from … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
light-year — light′ year n. 1) astron. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances 2) cvb light years a) a very great distance, esp. in development or… … From formal English to slang
light year — ► NOUN Astronomy ▪ a unit of distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, 9.4607 x 1012 km (nearly 6 million million miles) … English terms dictionary
Light-year — For other uses, see Light year (disambiguation). Image showing the scale of a light year (outer shell) and a light month (inner shell) surrounding the Sun compared to Comet 1910 A1 s orbit (yellow line) and Comet Hyakutake s orbit (orange line).… … Wikipedia
light-year — noun the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers • Syn: ↑light year • Hypernyms: ↑astronomy unit • Part Meronyms: ↑light hour, ↑light minute, ↑light second … Useful english dictionary