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单词 magellanic cloud
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Magellanic cloud


noun Astronomy.

either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.

Origin of Magellanic cloud

First recorded in 1675–85

Words nearby Magellanic cloud

M.Ag.Ed., Magelang, Magellan, Magellan barberry, Magellan, Ferdinand, Magellanic cloud, Magellanic Clouds, Magellan, Strait of, Magen David, Magendie, magenta
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British Dictionary definitions for Magellanic cloud

Magellanic Cloud
/ (ˌmæɡɪˈlænɪk) /

noun

either of two small irregular galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (Nubecula Major) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (Nubecula Minor), lying near the S celestial pole; they are probably satellites of the Galaxy. Distances: 163 000 light years (Large), 196 000 light years (Small)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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