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Definition of Large magellanic cloud
1. Noun. The larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere.
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
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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