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Light-year   /laɪt-jɪr/   Listen
Light-year

noun
1.
The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers.  Synonym: light year.





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"Light-year" Quotes from Famous Books



... It's stationed a half light-year away, where it has a legal right to be. Nothing to worry about as such. It's just a heavy armed frigate, which is the limit Tranest is allowed to build. Since it's Lyad's private boat, I imagine it's been souped ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz


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