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Galaxy vs Triangulum - What's the difference?

galaxy | triangulum |

As nouns the difference between galaxy and triangulum

is that galaxy is while triangulum is triangle.

As an adjective triangulum is

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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

    triangulum

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (constellation) An autumn constellation of the northern sky whose brightest three stars form a small triangle. The constellation lies near Perseus, between Aries and Andromeda.
  • (astronomy) The Triangulum Galaxy, a relatively nearby spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; .
  • Derived terms

    * Trianguli * Triangulum Australe * Triangulum Galaxy * Triangulum Minor