light year in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for light year in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.year [Brit jɪə, jəː, Am jɪr] N

1. year (period of time):

III.year [Brit jɪə, jəː, Am jɪr]

I.light1 [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] N

1. light (brightness):

III.light1 <pt/pp lit or lighted> [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] VB trans

IV.light1 <pt/pp lit> [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] VB intr

V.light1 [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] ADJ

I.light2 [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] ADJ

II.light2 [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] ADV

I.light3 <pt/pp lit or lighted> [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] VB trans

II.light3 <pt/pp lit or lighted> [Brit lʌɪt, Am laɪt] VB intr

light year in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for light year in the Italian»English Dictionary

Translations for light year in the English»Italian Dictionary

1. year (twelve months):

IV.light <lit [or lighted]> [laɪt] VB trans

V.light <lit [or lighted]> [laɪt] VB intr (catch fire)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
You keep travelling past the light that you emitted until you are ahead of it by an entire light year.
techland.time.com
The map spans nearly two billion light year from side to side.
astronomynow.com
This is equivalent to moving a distance of one light year every 14,700 years.
en.wikipedia.org
What you are seeing is a thousand light year long band of scar tissue.
www.universetoday.com
However, if the player happened to find a system 655.36 to 670.36 light years away, it would be counted by the game as within the 15 light year range.
en.wikipedia.org
Partly for this reason, it is still the unit preferred in astronomy and astrophysics, though the light year remains prominent in popular science texts and more everyday usage.
en.wikipedia.org
One light year is about 6 trillion miles.
www.colorado.edu
Each light year is about six trillion miles.
www.dailymail.co.uk
The distance to this star has been measured directly using the parallax method, which places it away with a margin of error of about a light year.
en.wikipedia.org
I'm confused about the 2400 light year dimension.
www.dailygalaxy.com

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