galaxy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: galaxy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for galaxy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
galaxy n a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people) tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall Synonym(s): galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax urceolata (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" Synonym(s): galaxy, extragalactic nebula
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Galaxy \Gal"ax*y\, n.; pl. {Galaxies}. [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. [?] (sc. [?] circle), fr. [?], [?], milk; akin to L. lac. Cf. {Lacteal}.] 1. (Astron.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. --Nichol. 2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Galaxy An extensible language in the vein of {EL/1} and {RCC}. ["Introduction to the Galaxy Language", Anne F. Beetem et al, IEEE Software 6(3):55-62]. (1995-12-09)