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• distant — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin distant , distans, present participle of distare to stand apart, be distant, from dis + stare to stand more at stand Date: 14th century 1. a. separated in space ; away < a mile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• galaxy — [[t]gæ̱ləksi[/t]] galaxies also Galaxy 1) N COUNT A galaxy is an extremely large group of stars and planets that extends over many billions of light years. Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy. 2) N PROPER: the N The Galaxy is the… …   English dictionary

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• galaxy — late 14c., from O.Fr. galaxie, from L.L. galaxias Milky Way, from Gk. galaxias (adj.), in galaxias kyklos, lit. milky circle, from gala (gen. galaktos) milk (see LACTATION (Cf. lactation)). The technical astronomical sense emerged 1848.… …   Etymology dictionary

• distant — adj. 1 far away in space VERBS ▪ be, sound ▪ become, grow ▪ The sound of the engine was growing more and more distant. ADVERB ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• galaxy — 01. Our [galaxy] contains about 100 billion stars. 02. There are billions of [galaxies] scattered throughout our universe. 03. If you attempted to count the stars in a [galaxy] at a rate of one every second, it would take around 3,000 years to… …   Grammatical examples in English

• distant — dis|tant W3 [ˈdıstənt] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(far away)¦ 2¦(not friendly)¦ 3¦(not concentrating)¦ 4¦(relative)¦ 5 distant from something ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: distans, present participle of distare to stand apart , from stare to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English