lightyear

Meaning of lightyear

noun
  1. 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.
  2. (only in plural) A very long way.
    The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.
  3. (only in plural) A very long time.
    Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.

Information about lightyear

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of lightyear is: lightyears.
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Hyphenation of lightyear

lightyear

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
  • lightyear is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of lightyear

Words that rhyme with lightyear

year, Goodyear, goodyear, midyear, foreyear, multiyear, coilyear, fernyear, Puryear, overyear, wanderyear, yesteryear, outyear

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