Usually means: Large system of stars, dust.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. galaxy, the Galaxy, the galaxy: Merriam-Webster
  2. galaxy, the Galaxy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. galaxy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. galaxy, the Galaxy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. galaxy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Galaxy, galaxy: Wordnik
  7. galaxy, the Galaxy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Galaxy, galaxy: Wiktionary
  9. galaxy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. galaxy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. galaxy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. galaxy: Dictionary.com
  13. galaxy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. galaxy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Galaxy (Australian television), Galaxy (British band), Galaxy (British television), Galaxy (Jeff Lorber Fusion album), Galaxy (Jessica Mauboy song), Galaxy (Rockets album), Galaxy (UK TV channel), Galaxy (War album), Galaxy (chocolate), Galaxy (chocolate bar), Galaxy (computational biology), Galaxy (disambiguation), Galaxy (magazine), Galaxy (radio network), Galaxy (satellite), Galaxy (sculpture), Galaxy (spacecraft), Galaxy (video game), The Galaxy (ATC), The Galaxy (horse race), The Galaxy (magazine): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Galaxy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. galaxy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. galaxy: Rhymezone
  19. galaxy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. galaxy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. galaxy: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Galaxy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. galaxy: FreeDictionary.org
  24. galaxy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. The Galaxy, galaxy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. Galaxy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  27. galaxy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. -galaxy: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Galaxy: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. The Galaxy, galaxy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. GALAXY: Acronym Finder

Science (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. From Stargazers to Starships Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Galaxy: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  3. Imagine the Universe! Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Galaxy: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. GALAXY: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. High-Energy Astrophysics (No longer online)
  2. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
noun:  (astronomy) 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.
noun:  (figuratively) An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.
noun:  (fashion, design) Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.
verb:  To furnish with galaxies.
verb:  (archaic) To gather together into a luminous whole.
noun:  (astronomy, dated, now proscribed) The Milky Way Galaxy.

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