English Explanatory Dictionary

Local Group

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Local Group.wav

Word forms

Local Group

Etymology

By proprialization from local group; coined by American astronomer Edwin Hubble in 1936.

Related words

Local Arm Local Bubble Local Fluff Local Supercluster LSC LS Local Void Local Wall
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