Milky Way (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Astronomy.
  1. the spiral galaxy containing our solar system: with the naked eye it appears as a faint luminous band stretching across the heavens, composed of approximately a trillion stars, most of which are too distant to be seen individually.
noun the Milky Way
  1. the diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky that consists of millions of faint stars, nebulae, etc, within our Galaxy
  2. another name for the Galaxy
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