EC: GALAXY
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
468
Concept definition:
Any of numerous vast systems of <
STAR
>s, gas, and interstellar dust that exists separately in the universe and together contain nearly all of its visible matter; galaxy [
SOED
, "galaxy", 1b].
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