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    MILKY WAY SYSTEM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 skyplay

    Synonyms:

    Milky Way; Milky Way Galaxy; Milky Way System

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("Milky Way System" is a kind of...):

    extragalactic nebula; galaxy ((astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust)

    Meronyms (parts of "Milky Way System"):

    heliosphere (the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system)

    Meronyms (members of "Milky Way System"):

    Crux; Crux Australis; Southern Cross (a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus)

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