Definition of Large Magellanic Cloud

1. Noun. The larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere.

Generic synonyms: Magellanic Cloud

Definition of Large Magellanic Cloud

1. Proper noun. (galaxy) An irregular galaxy, the largest satellite of Milky Way. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Large Magellanic Cloud

Lapps
Lappula
Lapsang Souchong
Laptev Sea
Laputa
Laputan
Laquer's stain
Lara
Laramie
Lardil
Lardizabala
Lardizabalaceae
Lardner
Laredo
Laren
Large Magellanic Cloud (current term)
Large Münsterländer
Large Münsterländers
Lari
Laricariidae
Laridae
Larisa
Larissa
Larium
Larix
Larix decidua
Larix laricina
Larix lyallii
Larix occidentalis
Larix russica

Literary usage of Large Magellanic Cloud

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"Seventy-three of these are in Orion, one hundred and fifty-two in the Large Magellanic Cloud, fifty-seven in the Small Magellanic Cloud, one hundred and ..."

2. The Astrophysical Journal by American Astronomical Society, University of Chicago (1898)
"... 1897, an examination of two plates taken at Arequipa with the Bruce telescope, showed a group of six of these objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud. ..."

3. The Henry Draper Catalogby Annie Jump Cannon, Edward Charles Pickering by Annie Jump Cannon, Edward Charles Pickering (1918)
"In the Large Magellanic Cloud. Traces of dark hydrogen lines are seen with a ... A cluster of a few stars and small nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud. ..."

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