¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galaxies
1. galaxy [n] - See also: galaxy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galaxies
Literary usage of Galaxies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of by Richard Anthony Proctor (1904)
"THE NEBULA: ABE THEY EXTERNAL galaxies? IN THE last chapter I have indicated
reasons for believing that the sidereal system extends far beyond the range of ..."
2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"In a few of the nearer galaxies Individual «an tuve been observed, and comparison
with •Jan in oar own Galaxy provides estimates of the ..."
3. The architecture of the heavens by John Pringle Nichol (1850)
"THE EXTERNAL galaxies.—CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THEIR FORMS. ... They are the
regions in which, faint as shadows, those vast galaxies are strewn of which ..."
4. The Source and Mode of Solar Energy Throughout the Universe by Isaac Winter Heysinger (1894)
"THE GENESIS OF SOLAR SYSTEMS AND galaxies. THE processes of development of a
solar system from the diffused elemental matter of space may then be roughly ..."
5. Solar Energy: Its Source and Mode Throughout the Universe by Isaac Winter Heysinger (1901)
"THE GENESIS OF SOLAR SYSTEMS AND galaxies. THE processes of development of a
solar system from the diffused elemental matter of space may then be roughly ..."
6. Mediapolis: popular Culture and the Cityby Alex de Jong, Marc Schuilenburg by Alex de Jong, Marc Schuilenburg (2006)
"The genesis of Star Wars galaxies: An Empire Divided (Sony, ... Star Wars galaxies
is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). ..."