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- noun Plural form of
lightyear .
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Examples
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The problem with 20 lightyears is that it's, well, a pretty large number of years.
Hi "new planet" Gliese 581G! Welcome to the neighborhood! Alexandra Petri 2010
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“We have detected the presence of the naphthalene cation in a cloud of interstellar matter located 700 lightyears from the Earth”, says IAC researcher Susana Iglesias Groth.
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Fermi is located more than 2220 lightyears from the center of the galaxy.
Galaxiki – A Fictional Galaxy Anyone Can Edit | Impact Lab 2007
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With equal ease, I can get lists of the nearby stars that arguably (according to our current theories) might have earth-type planets, and I can get the distance in lightyears from one to the next.
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The peace is imperfect, but it’s lightyears from the place it was 20 years ago and lightyears from Iraq today. wendell Says:
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So if something is moving away, as measured in lightyears, that is not expanding space.
A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007
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If you use Ubuntu you are in luck: Just open up Synaptic, do a search for "lightyears", select the results, and click apply.
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We ... endure07: hi! they sang "lightyears" di ba? last song? twoisequaltozero: I wouldn't say that there were NO boos.
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We ... endure07: hi! they sang "lightyears" di ba? last song? twoisequaltozero: I wouldn't say that there were NO boos.
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But the production quality of a multi-million dollar feature ought to be lightyears ahead of cable television.
Movie Reviews: Harry Potter vs. Twilight | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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