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    LIGHT YEAR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometersplay

    Synonyms:

    light-year; light year

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("light year" is a kind of...):

    astronomy unit (a linear unit used for astronomical distances)

    Meronyms (parts of "light year"):

    light hour (the distance light travels in a vacuum in one hour; approximately one billion kilometers)

    light minute (the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometers)

    light second (the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second; approximately 300,000 kilometers)

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