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a | galaxy |

As a letter a

is the letter a with a tilde.

As a proper noun galaxy is

(astronomy|dated) the milky way galaxy, from when it was thought the universe (our universe) had only one galaxy.

a

Translingual

Etymology 1

From (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The first letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script) *

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (Marks the first item in a list)
    • A . Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
  • A hypothetical item or person designated first when there are more than one.
    • Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
  • The hexadecimal digit for 10
    • 0x0000000A
    The value is hexadecimal A 0, or decimal 160.
  • A standard size of dry cell battery slightly larger than a AA battery.
  • A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as , etc.
    • See also
    * (previous) , (next) B

    Related terms

    (Letters sharing the same origin as "A") * Arabic * Coptic * Cyrillic * Devan?gari * Greek * Hebrew * Phoenician * Syriac

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of various terms.

    Symbol

    (head)
  • Symbol for the element Argon (Since 1956 has been changed to Ar).
  • area

    • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • ampere, a unit of electrical current.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine in proteins.
  • Austria

    • See also

    {{Letter, page=A , NATO=Alpha , Morse=·– , Character=A1 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin A.png, Capital and lowercase versions of A , in normal and italic type File:Fraktur letter A.png, Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur File:UncialA-01.svg, A in uncial script

    External links

    * (wikipedia "A")

    References

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    galaxy

    English

    Noun

    (galaxies)
  • * 1633 , John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
    • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].
  • (galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.

    • Synonyms

    * (astronomy) G (abbreviation)

    Derived terms

    * active galaxy * dwarf galaxy * elliptical galaxy * extragalactic * galactic * galaxy cluster / cluster of galaxies * galaxy filament / filament of galaxies * galaxy nucleus * galaxy sheet / sheet of galaxies * galaxy wall / wall of galaxies * irregular galaxy * lenticular galaxy * spiral galaxy * whirlpool galaxy