English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "sterrestelsel" is 'n groot stelsel van sterre, gas en stof wat deur swaartekrag bymekaar gehou word. Die term sterrestelsel is afgelei van die Griekse woord "galaxias", wat "melkerig" of "melkerige sirkel" beteken, met verwysing na die Melkweg-sterrestelsel, wat die sterrestelsel is wat ons sonnestelsel bevat. Sterrestelsels kom in verskillende vorms en groottes voor en kan enigiets van 'n paar honderdduisend tot triljoene sterre bevat. Die heelal bevat na raming miljarde sterrestelsels, elk met sy eie unieke eienskappe en geskiedenis.

Sentence Examples

  1. Up ahead in the distance, he saw the lights of City Hall and the crowd of knights and spectators all spread out in a massive circle that spilled outward like a spiral galaxy.
  2. Specifically, to search the outer reaches of the galaxy and beyond for alien life forms.
  3. Computers monitored our world as well as the galaxy around us.
  4. Besides the tattoos I had already seen, she had a massive, colorful galaxy tattoo on her right hip down to her knee.
  5. During this event, the Cosmos implodes as the Elder Gods consume every galaxy and cluster.
  6. Similar gravity and climate on Earth and this planet had produced some of the most dramatic examples of convergent evolution in the galaxy.
  7. Troy and I watched the portal, which looked like a galaxy filled with stars, and then I looked at my watch.
  8. When I woke, we were tangled up in each other, and it was by far the best feeling in the galaxy.
  9. Sirens shrieked as the flashing red of fire trucks and the flashing blue and red of police vehicles ripped the twilight open like a wormhole might a galaxy of stars.
  10. Over the next few centuries, technology continued to progress, and the twin planets reveled in the ongoing affirmation that they were the most advanced civilizations in the galaxy.