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Definition of Milky Way

1. Noun. The galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky.

Definition of Milky Way

1. Proper noun. (galaxy) The Milky Way Galaxy, the galaxy in which Earth is located; extension of the night sky phenomenon. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) A broad band of diffuse white light, visible in the night sky; our view of the dense portions of the Milky Way Galaxy from inside the galaxy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Milky Way

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

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"Suggestions for a theory of the Milky Way and the Clouds of Magellan. By ARTHUR R. HINKS, MA, Trinity College. [Read 13 November 1905. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"Those who have seen some of the Milky Way photographs taken with the regular ... The extraordinary complexity of structure of the Milky Way is brought out ..."

3. The Geography of the Heavens, and Class Book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a by Elijah Hinsdale Burritt, Thomas Dick (1849)
"The bright circle of light called the Milky Way, which sweeps round the entire circuit of the heavens, and which to the naked eye appears only faintly ..."

4. The Sun by Amédée Guillemin (1875)
"What is the position of the Sun in the world ot stars—The Milky Way . its form and constitution—TU« Sun is a Star in the Milky Way ; its position in the ..."

5. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1895)
"STRUCTURE OF THE Milky Way. Mr. C. E ASTON has lately made a comparison between different counts of stars in a portion of the Milky Way, according to a ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Milky Way.—Another feature of the sky connected with the stars is the Milky Way ... These show that the Milky Way is in part made up of vast groups or ..."

7. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1906)
"whatever toward a condensation in the region of the Milky Way. While the brighter stars have on the average larger proper motions than the faint ones, ..."

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