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Local Group

Proper noun

Meaning

Local Group

(astronomy) The small cluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way Galaxy; includes Andromeda, Triangulum, the Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud and others.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet. Joseph Campbell

I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and became local group leaders and Party functionaries. Fritz Sauckel

Similarly, the Local Group seemed to be the only affected area when the Annihilation Wave cut its bloody swath "across the universe". Source: Internet

The Local Group is near the Local Supercluster (also known as the Virgo Supercluster ), which has a diameter of 100 million light-years. Source: Internet

Back in the main Local Group Policy Editor window, double-click the “Select when Quality Updates are received” setting to open its properties window. Source: Internet

The Local Group covers a diameter of convert (about 10 23 meters) and has a binary (dumbbell) citation distribution. Source: Internet

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