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How is the term 'galaxy' defined?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Here is how I define 'galaxy':

NOUN

1) (a) (Astronomy) a huge cluster of stars consisting of the interstellar medium and dark matter that comes in various shapes as spiral, elliptical, and irregular and is the main component of the universe; (b) (Astronomy) (-G-) the huge star cluster containing the Sun and its planets and appearing as a luminous band stretching across Earth's night sky

2) a group of famous or successful people

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