English Explanatory Dictionary

siriometer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of distance equal to one million astronomical units or 15.813 light-years.

Word forms

siriometer siriometers

Etymology

From Sirius and meter. It is roughly twice the distance from Earth to the star Sirius.

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