LIGHT-YEAR

Meaning of LIGHT-YEAR in English

Distance traveled by light moving in a vacuum in one year, at its accepted speed of 186,282 mi/second (299,792 km/second).

It equals about 5.9 trillion mi (9.5 trillion km), 63,240 astronomical unit s, or 0.307 parsec .

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LIGHT-YEAR — noun Date: 1888 a unit of length in astronomy equal to the distance that light travels in one year in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIGHT-YEAR — Distance traveled by light moving in a vacuum in one year, at its accepted speed of 186,282 mi/second (299,792 km/second). …
Английский словарь Британика
LIGHT-YEAR — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: light (I) : a unit of length in interstellar astronomy equal to the distance that light …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHT YEAR — () The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; -- used as a unit in expressing stellar …
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHT-YEAR — /luyt"year', -year"/ , n. 1. Astron. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHT YEAR — distance that light travels in 1 year (approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers or 5.88 trillion miles); very far away
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LIGHT-YEAR — noun Date: 1888 1. : a unit of length in astronomy equal to the distance that light travels in one …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIGHT YEAR — add. ·- the distance over which light can travel in a year's time; used as a unit in expressing …
Webster English vocab
LIGHT-YEAR — Pronunciation: ' l ī t- ˌ yir Function: noun Date: 1888 1 : a unit of length in astronomy equal …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIGHT YEAR — ■ noun Astronomy a unit of distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, 9.4607 × 10 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIGHT-YEAR — [light-year] n (1888) 1: a unit of length in astronomy equal to the distance that light travels in one year …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHT-YEAR — in astronomy, the distance traveled by light moving in a vacuum in the course of one year, at its accepted …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHT YEAR — noun 1. ( astronomy ) the distance that light travels in one year, 9.4607 × 10 12 kilometres : The …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHT YEAR — ˈlight year BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . the distance that light travels in one year, about 9,460,000,000,000 kilometres, used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHT YEAR — ( light years) 1. A light year is the distance that light travels in a year. ...a star system millions …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHT YEAR — (~s) 1. A ~ is the distance that light travels in a year. ...a star system millions of ~s away. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIGHT YEAR — Synonyms and related words : aesthetic distance, astronomical unit, celestial spaces, chaos, clearance, compass, cosmic space, deep space, depths of …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHT YEAR — световой год световой год
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — сущ.; астр. световой год (астрономия) световой год light-year астр. световой год
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — Световой год
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT YEAR — Световой год
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — n астр. световой год
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHT YEAR — световой год (9,4605-10 ^ 12 км)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIGHT YEAR — световой год (9,4605-10 ^ 12 км)
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LIGHT YEAR — световой год, астрон. год световой
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — сущ.; астрон.световой год
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIGHT YEAR — световой год
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIGHT YEAR — (n) световой год
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LIGHT-YEAR — n астр. световой год
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LIGHT-YEAR — n астр. световой год
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT YEAR — световой год [астр.]
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LIGHT YEAR — световой год [астр.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIGHT-YEAR — сущ. ; астр. световой год
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIGHT YEAR — световой год
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIGHT-YEAR — сущ.; астр. световой год
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIGHT YEAR — световой год
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIGHT YEAR — световой год
Англо-Русский физический словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — _n. _астр. световой год
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIGHT-YEAR — n. астр. световой год
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIGHT-YEAR — световой год
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — _n. _астр. световой год
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LIGHT-YEAR — Световой год
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT-YEAR — сущ.; астр. световой год (астрономия) световой год light-year астр. световой год
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT YEAR — световой год световой год
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English liht, light, from Old English lēoht, līht; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YEAR — ˈyi(ə)r, ˈyiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English gēar; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YEAR — /year/ , n. 1. a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHT — I. ˈlīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lēoht; akin to Old High German lioht light, Latin luc-, lux …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YEAR — noun Etymology: Middle English yere, from Old English gēar; akin to Old High German jār year, Greek hōros year, hōra …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YEAR — noun age, or old age; as, a man in years. 2. year ·noun the time in which any planet completes …
Webster English vocab
LIGHT
Webster English vocab
YEAR — time required for the Earth to travel once around the Sun, about 365 1/4 days. This fractional number makes necessary …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHT — electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye. In terms of wavelength, electromagnetic radiation occurs over an extremely …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR — / jɪə(r); jɜː(r); NAmE jɪr/ noun ( abbr. yr ) 1. (also ˌcalendar ˈyear ) [ C ] the period …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHT — / laɪt; NAmE / noun , adjective , verb , adverb ■ noun FROM SUN / LAMPS 1. [ U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YEAR — year S1 W1 /jɪə, jɜː $ jɪr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ year ; adverb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHT — I. light 1 S1 W1 /laɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ light , ↑ lighter , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YEAR — n. 1 (also astronomical year, equinoctial year, natural year, solar year, tropical year) the time occupied by the earth in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHT — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of little weight; not heavy; easy to lift. 2 a relatively low in weight, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHT — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
YEAR — n. 1 (also astronomical year, equinoctial year, natural year, solar year, tropical year) the time occupied by the earth in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHT — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 of little weight; not heavy; easy to lift. 2 a relatively low in weight, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHT — n., v., & adj. n. 1 the natural agent (electromagnetic radiation of wavelength between about 390 and 740 mm) that …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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