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How would you define 'galaxy'?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

'galaxy as a NOUN

1) (with -G-)

(a) the luminous area of the night sky containing a huge number of stars;

(b) the spiral-shaped disk of matter containing our solar system

2) any of the billions of disks of matter in the universe containing a huge number of stars and possibly planets along with the interstellar medium and dark matter separated by huge voids of space and often centered on a supermassive black hole

3) a particular number of famous, talented, or successful people in a particular field of activity

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