Definition of Milky Way System

1. Noun. The galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky.

Exact synonyms: Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy
Generic synonyms: Extragalactic Nebula, Galaxy
Terms within: Heliosphere
Member holonyms: Crux, Crux Australis, Southern Cross

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milky Way System

Miletus
Miley
Milford
Milgram experiment
Milhaud
Milian's disease
Milian's erythema
Milice
Militant Tendency
Military Intelligence Section 5
Military Intelligence Section 6
Milk River
Milkman's syndrome
Milky Way
Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way System (current term)
Mill
Millais
Millard-Gubler syndrome
Millard Fillmore
Millay
Millean
Millennium Dome
Miller
Miller's chemicoparasitic theory
Miller-Abbott tube
Miller of Dee
Miller of the Dee
Miller syndrome
Millerchip

Literary usage of Milky Way System

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1912)
"... but that there are other similar systems outside of it and that they too whirl on through the infinity of space, in company with our Milky Way system, ..."

2. The Visible Universe: Chapters on the Origin and Construction of the Heavens by John Ellard Gore (1893)
"He thinks that the Milky Way system includes all the stars scattered over the celestial vault, and notes the tendency of the naked-eye stars to crowd ..."

3. The Universe and the Atom: The Ether Constitution, Creation and Structure of by Marion Erwin (1916)
"It may be observed also, that our Milky Way system has been shown to be not ... There is strong evidence indicating that the Milky Way system is really ..."

4. Greek Thinkers: A History of Ancient Philosophy by Theodor Gomperz (1905)
"... in the crowded condition which the stars assume in our eyes owing to the presumed lenticular shape of the Milky Way system to which the earth belongs. ..."

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