Usually means: Cluster of nearby galaxies, gravitationally.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Local Group: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Local Group: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Local Group: Wiktionary
  4. Local Group: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Local Group: Dictionary.com
  6. Local Group, Local group: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Local Group: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Local Group, The Local Group: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Local Group: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Local Group: Extragalactic Astronomy

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. JPL Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Local Group)

noun:  (astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

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