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Light year

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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.

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The phrase "light year" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe a unit of astronomical distance, which is the distance that light travels in one year. For example, "The closest star to our own is four light years away".

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It's a relatively light year.

A light year equals about 9.5 trillion kilometers.

A short distance, to be sure, but at the time it felt like a light year.

(A light year is the distance light travels in a year, roughly 5.8 trillion miles).

One light year is 5.88 million miles," he continued with genuine awe.

A light year is a distance, not a time, and this has been corrected to say 13.7 billion years old.

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The terraces wrap around the upper levels of the home, connecting this maze-like property and guaranteeing that the house is bathed in Provençal light year-round.

They live in natural light year-round, and by the time I get home they're a couple of hours into watching the night.

She's calling this collection "Light Year -- a six-to-10 piece line inspired by light, Afrofuturism and technology.

Lying near the 650 million light year-distant spiral galaxy IC 2497, it is around the same size as the Milky Way.

That's one light-year.

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