Milky Way

Definitions

1. The Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy in which Earth is located.
2. A broad band of diffuse white light, visible in the night sky; our view of the dense portions of the Milky Way Galaxy from inside the galaxy.

Equivalents

Examples

“This whole earth which we inhabit is but a point⟳ in space. How far apart, think⟳ you, dwell the two most distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments? Why should I feel⟳ lonely? is not our planet in the Milky Way?”

“From a cosmic perspective, even our host⟳ galaxy, the Milky Way, is not particularly special[…]”

“By combining the data from multiple telescopes, astronomers determined the star’s position and velocity in space, allowing them to predict⟳ that it will exit the Milky Way at some point⟳.”

“[…] a random shower of amber lights—a spray of golden sparks that […] glinted softly upon the sea of dark foliage like⟳ the pallid stars of the milky-way.”

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