DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.121
Search for:
Search type:
Return Definitions
Match headwords exactly
Match prefixes
Match prefixes (skip, count)
Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword
Match suffixes
POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions
Old (basic) regular expressions
Match using SOUNDEX algorithm
Match headwords within Levenshtein distance one
Match separate words within headwords
Match the first word within headwords
Match the last word within headwords
Database:
Any
First match
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
DICT.TW 注音查詢、中文輸入法字典
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
Network Terminology
MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典
Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WordNet (r) 2.0
Elements database 20001107
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
▼
[Show options]
[
Pronunciation
] [
Help
] [
Database Info
] [
Server Info
]
3 definitions found
From:
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
Mag·el·lan·ic Cloud
/ˌmæʤəˈlænɪk, ||ˌmægə-/
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mag·el·lan·ic cloud
n.
Astron.
Either
of
two
conspicuous
celestial
nebulae
near
the
south
celestial
pole
,
resembling
thin
white
clouds
,
each
of
which
is
a
galaxy
2
smaller
than
but
separate
from
the
Milky
Way
galaxy
,
and
together
they
are
the
galactic
formations
nearest
to
our
galaxy
.
They
are
not
visible
from
the
northern
hemisphere
,
and
are
named
after
Ferdinand
Magellan
,
who
saw
them
in
his
expedition
,
which
passed
through
the
Strait
of
Magellan
in
South
America
,
and
one
ship
of
which
completed
the
first
circumnavigation
of
the
globe
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Magellanic
Cloud
n
:
either
of
two
small
galaxies
orbiting
the
Milky
Way
;
visible
near
the
south
celestial
pole
DICT.TW
About DICT.TW
•
Contact Webmaster
•
Index
•
Links
DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan