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gal·ax·y
/ ˈgaləksē/
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n.
(pl. -ax·ies)
a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
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(the Galaxy)
the galaxy of which the solar system is a part; the Milky Way.
∎ fig.
a large or impressive group of people or things:
a galaxy of boundless young talent.
ORIGIN: late Middle English (originally referring to the Milky Way): via Old French from medieval Latin galaxia, from Greek galaxias (kuklos) ‘milky (vault),’ from gala, galakt- ‘milk.’
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Galaxy will host Adu's MLS debut
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 1/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...schedule Tuesday and there's at least one Galaxy home date no self-respecting South Bay...Carson's Home Depot Center when the Galaxy plays D.C. United in the second home game of the season. Galaxy general manager Doug Hamilton refused...
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GALAXY IS CLASSIC IN ROUT OF CHIVAS L.A. DOMINATES IN TEAMS' FIRST MEETING.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 4/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...the first-ever meeting between the Galaxy and expansion Chivas USA. The highly...night at Home Depot Center, where the Galaxy took a 3-0 lead at halftime and cruised...front of a sellout crowd of 27,000. The Galaxy improved to 2-1 while Chivas remained...
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Galaxy Aerospace Rolls out Super Midsize Business Jet in Israel
PR Newswire; 9/4/1997; 700+ words
; ...AVIV, Israel, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Aerospace rolled out its new super mid-size Galaxy aircraft today, the only business jet available...routinely fly Paris to New York non-stop. The Galaxy business jet, priced at $14.5 million...
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Galaxy Announces US$1 Billion Transaction.
PR Newswire; 10/11/2007; 700+ words
; Permira Funds to Acquire a 20% Stake in Galaxy For HK$6.5 Billion (US$840 Million) Leading...Hong Kong, Oct. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited ("Galaxy" or "the Company") (stock code HKSE 0027...
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Galaxy Energy and PetroHunter Energy Corporation Extend Closing Date on Sale of Galaxy's Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Assets.
PR Newswire; 6/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Galaxy Energy Corporation and its wholly owned...a 14.1% beneficial shareholder of Galaxy, is the 75% owner of MAB Resources LLC...Bruner is the father of Marc E. Bruner, Galaxy's President and Chief Executive Officer...
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GALAXY HOPES PLAYOFFS WILL AGAIN SPUR FANS : A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY. . .(SPORTS)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/22/1996; 700+ words
; ...Kevin Acee Daily News Staff Writer In the Galaxy office the second week of April, staffers...showed up at the Rose Bowl to watch the Galaxy defeat the New York/New Jersey MetroStars...the United States playing Mexico and the Galaxy against Tampa Bay. For the July 4 Rose...
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GALAXY WINS TO ADVANCE : GALAXY 2, SAN JOSE 0.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/3/1996; 700+ words
; ...Kevin Acee Daily News Staff Writer The Galaxy did what it does best Wednesday night to...seems to do best in its games against the Galaxy. Whine. Despite a lackluster performance, the Galaxy put the Clash away before halftime and won...
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GALAXY ANNOUNCES THE CLOSE OF THE WICKLIFFE, KENTUCKY SALE
PR Newswire; 12/23/1994; 700+ words
; ...P., as assignee of Galaxy Management, Inc. As...subscribers (or 63% of Galaxies total basic subscribers...approved for sale to Galaxy Telecom, L.P., currently...Tennessee and Texas. Galaxies Units are traded publicly...J. Keith Davidson of Galaxy Cablevision, 314-471...
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Galaxy IT Applies Fractal-Grid Technology to Visually Organize the Internet.
Business Wire; 1/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...and organized way FRESNO, Calif. -- Galaxy IT, a company committed to presenting...ever smaller and larger scales), the Galaxy IT application can be used to present...new way of visually presenting data, Galaxy IT is using the technology for a comprehensive...
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GALAXY SELLS CABLE SYSTEMS TO TIME WARNER
PR Newswire; 12/7/1994; 700+ words
; ...SIKESTON, Mo., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Galaxy Cablevision, L.P. (AMEX: GTV) announced...5,417 basic subscribers (or 22% of Galaxy's total basic subscribers) as of November...the Unitholders and General Partners of Galaxy. Galaxy has set the close of business...
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Galaxy
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...new stars in these galaxies or by the pull of a neighboring galaxy's gravitational...million years. Active Galaxies An active galaxy is one that emits...energy than a normal galaxy. The Milky Way, like most galaxies, is relatively stable...
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Galaxies
Book article from: Space Sciences
...Our own Milky Way galaxy contains about 200...stars. Types of Galaxies The invisible parts...matter halos of galaxies; they might extend...extent of the visible galaxy. What we see in...with neighboring galaxies early in the universe...center of a spiral galaxy is a ...
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galaxy evolution
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...The properties of galaxies in the Universe...provide evidence that galaxy evolution does...merge into a single galaxy. The number of galaxies is therefore gradually...several hundred galaxies with redshifts of up to 1. A galaxy with a redshift...
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galaxy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...increased the estimated number of galaxies from 10 billion to 50 billion. A galaxy is held together by the gravitational...galaxies, e.g., two spiral galaxies can merge to form an elliptical galaxy. Many galaxies radiate a large fraction of their...
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elliptical galaxy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...from elliptical galaxies falls off in a characteristic...except where the galaxy has been disturbed...faint envelope by galaxy cannibalism , as occurs in D and cD galaxies. Relative to their...luminosity, elliptical galaxies have the greatest...clusters of any type of galaxy; a large ...
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