Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Synonyymit
| Käännös | Konteksti | |
|---|---|---|
| Substantiivit | ||
| 1. | светлинна година {f} (svetlinna godína) | astronomia |
Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (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.
- (in plural light years; figurative, informal) A very long way.
- (in plural light years; figurative, informal, nonstandard) A very long time.
Esimerkit
- We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
- The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.
- Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | light years |