Milky way

Synonyms for "milky way" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

barred spiralbarred spiral galaxycosmic noisegalactic circlegalactic cluster

Strong matches (6)

galactic coordinatesgalactic latitudegalactic longitudegalactic nebulagalactic noisegalactic pole

Related words (10)

galaxyisland universespheroidal galaxyspiralspiral galaxyspiral nebulasupergalaxyvia lactea
Noun(2 words)
milky way galaxymilky way system

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2 entries
extragalactic nebulagalaxy

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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?

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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.

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[…] 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.

Source: wiktionary