Galaxy vs. Trichiliocosm

Galaxynoun

The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.

Galaxynoun

(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.

Galaxynoun

The Milky Way, that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope.

Galaxynoun

A very large collection of stars comparable in size to the Milky Way system, held together by gravitational force and separated from other such star systems by large distances of mostly empty space. Galaxies vary widely in shape and size, the most common nearby galaxies being over 70,000 light years in diameter and separated from each other by even larger distances. The number of stars in one galaxy varies, and may extend into the hundreds of billions.

Galaxynoun

A splendid or impressive assemblage of persons or things; as, a galaxy of movie stars.

Galaxynoun

a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)

Galaxynoun

tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall

Galaxynoun

(astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust;

Galaxynoun

a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

Galaxynoun

the galaxy of which the solar system is a part; the Milky Way.

Galaxynoun

a large group of impressive people or things

Galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias (γαλαξίας), literally , a reference to the Milky Way.

Trichiliocosmnoun

(Buddhism) A concept in cosmology of a "third-order" universe containing one thousand second-order clusters, which are made of one thousand first-order clusters, which are in turn made of a thousand worlds each. Billion-fold universe.