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- noun Alternative spelling of
light year .
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Examples
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What if when the fleet pops through in AoT it makes a “noise”, a “pop” heard in a xxx-lightyear neighborhood.
Cheeseburger Gothic » And now, Gentlemen, down to business. 2010
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Utilizing the old sci-fi stand-by of hypersleep, every person onboard is laid in a pod Futurama-style and put into a temporary coma to make the multiple-lightyear journey.
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For example, the IITs in india have a fraction of the 10 billion endowment that Kaust have, but is probably a lightyear ahead of Kaust.
Global Voices in English » Saudi Arabia: KAUST To Inspire Scientific Achievement – And More? 2009
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Which itself is strange… since I'm not aware of any black hole which reaches out a cubic lightyear to pull in material.
Astronomers Find Black Holes Do Not Absorb Dark Matter | Universe Today 2010
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They aren't saying black holes don't consume dark matter, they are saying they don't consume as much of it, if there is a large concentration within 1 cubic lightyear of it.
Astronomers Find Black Holes Do Not Absorb Dark Matter | Universe Today 2010
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"Which itself is strange… since I'm not aware of any black hole which reaches out a cubic lightyear to pull in material."
Astronomers Find Black Holes Do Not Absorb Dark Matter | Universe Today 2010
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Superman and ever other superhero who actually has superpowers by a lightyear and a half.
Must Watch: Zack Snyder's Watchmen Trailer - Absolutely Stunning! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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With all the mistakes and blunders and missteps on their watch, none of them got within a lightyear of admitting they'd screwed up on anything.
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It will destroy all life in a billion lightyear radius.
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It will destroy all life in a billion lightyear radius.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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