💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lightyear"
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| lightningnoun | A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. |
| flashnoun | A sudden, short, temporary burst of light. |
| light-yearnoun | Alternative spelling of light year. [(astronomy) 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.] |
| light yearnoun | (astronomy) 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. |
| megalightyearnoun | Alternative form of megalight-year. [(astronomy, physics) A unit of a million lightyears.] |
| light centurynoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one century. |
| light millenniumnoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one millennium. |
| kilolightyearnoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of a thousand light years. |
| gigalightyearnoun | (astronomy) A unit of a billion light years. |
| light decadenoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one decade. |
| light secondnoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one second: about 300 megameters |
| light minutenoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one minute. |
| light daynoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one day; about 170 astronomical units |
| light weeknoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one week. |
| light hournoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one hour |
| light monthnoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one month. |
| light aeonnoun | (Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of light eon. [(astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one eon.] |
| megalight-yearnoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of a million lightyears. |
| light eonnoun | (astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one eon. |
| kilolightnoun | (science fiction) a unit of distance equal to one thousand light-years; a kilolight-year |
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