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Light year Moderate

Light year has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers

2

A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
astronomy unit
Rhyming Words
ear dear near hear year bear fear mear lear pear rear wear tear sear arear shear spear abear drear grear
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