LIGHTYEAR
Light-year
A light-year, sometimes written light year, lightyear, or Light-year is an astronomical unit of length equal to just under 9.5 trillion kilometres . As defined by the International Astronomical Union, a light-year is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Light-year
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light year
Noun
- A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.
- (in plural light years; figurative, informal) A very long way.
- The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.
- (in plural light years; figurative, informal, nonstandard) A very long time.
- Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.
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lightyear
Noun
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