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light year

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

the distance that light travels in one year (about 9.5 million million kilometres)Years and yearlyMeasurements in general
(Definition of light year noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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