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LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Large Magellanic Cloud mean?
• LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD (noun)
The noun LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD has 1 sense:
1. the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere
Familiarity information: LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("Large Magellanic Cloud" is a kind of...):
Magellanic Cloud (either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole)
Context examples
The nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a chemically primitive place.
(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
Even though the Large Magellanic Cloud is one of our nearest galactic companions, we expect it should share some uncanny chemical similarity with distant, young galaxies from the early universe, said Marta Sewiło, an astronomer with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
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