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MILKY WAY SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky
Synonyms:
Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("Milky Way System" is a kind of...):
extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)
Meronyms (parts of "Milky Way System"):
heliosphere (the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system)
Meronyms (members of "Milky Way System"):
Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)
