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omega | galaxy |

As a noun omega

is omega (greek letter).

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.

omega

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical]] and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: ; lowercase: [[?.
  • * 2013 , Albert Schachter & Fabienne Marchand, "Fresh Light on the Institutions and Religious Life of Thespiai: Sixe New Inscriptions from the Thespiai Survey", page 284 in'' Paraskevi Martzavou & ?Nikolaos Papazarkadas (editors), ''Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical Polis
  • The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega .
  • (idiomatic, often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
  • I am the Alpha and the Omega , the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. — Revelation 22:13, New International Version.
  • * 2012 , FX Moore, Confed: 2721: Xenocide War , page 383
  • And there is always the Omega Option. At any time you can go to Manhome, go down to the vaults, lift the black cover on your clone's stasis chamber, and push the black button.
  • (physics) Angular velocity]]; symbol: [[?.
  • * 2013 , Issues in General Physics Research : 2013 Edition, page 1084
  • The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained.

    Derived terms

    * antiomega *

    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