lightyears

Meaning of lightyears

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 lightyears

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

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  • It consists of 1 syllables and 10 chars.
  • lightyears is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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