ANDROMEDA GALAXY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Andromeda galaxy mean? 

• ANDROMEDA GALAXY (noun)
  The noun ANDROMEDA GALAXY has 1 sense:

1. a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda that is visible to the naked eye

  Familiarity information: ANDROMEDA GALAXY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDROMEDA GALAXY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda that is visible to the naked eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Andromeda galaxy" is a kind of...):

spiral galaxy; spiral nebula (a galaxy having a spiral structure; arms containing younger stars spiral out from old stars at the center)

 Context examples 

In fact, we are due to collide and merge with our neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, in about 4 billion years.

(All we are is dust in the interstellar wind, NSF)

As dark matter holds stars in their orbits, we can use their motions to measure the overall mass of the Andromeda galaxy, including the unseen dark matter.

(No Winner in Milky Way-Andromeda Clash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A cosmic photobomb found as a background object in images of the nearby Andromeda galaxy has revealed what could be the most tightly coupled pair of supermassive black holes ever seen.

(Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy, NASA)

Our Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy—two giant galaxies in our local patch of the universe—are heading for an immense collision with each other in only a few billion years’ time.

(No Winner in Milky Way-Andromeda Clash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)