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How to pronounce “light year”
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- (astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.
- (only in the plural, informal, figurative) A very long way.
- (only in the plural, informal, figurative) A very long time.
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