andromeda

«andromeda» in Mova's school dictionary: the nearest large galaxy to our own galaxy, the Milky Way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (Andromeda)

meaning for a pupil

1) Andromeda is the nearest large galaxy to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. tree →

2) Andromeda is also a group of stars (a constellation) in the night sky. tree →

3) In old Greek myths, Andromeda was a princess saved from a sea monster by the hero Perseus. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science (space) the Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy far, far away, made of hundreds of billions of stars; on a very dark night it can be seen as a faint smudge without a telescope, and it is the farthest thing most people can see with their eyes alone. In stories and myths Andromeda is a princess.

examples

• The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral of billions of stars. tree →
• On a very dark night you can see Andromeda as a faint smudge. tree →
• Andromeda is much farther away than any star we can see. tree →
• In the myth, Perseus saved Andromeda from a sea monster. tree →
• We found the Andromeda constellation on our star map. tree →
• Light from Andromeda takes over two million years to reach us. tree →
• This was Andromeda, the king's daughter. tree →

note

A name, so it always has a capital letter. Andromeda is a galaxy, not a star or a planet. Trap: the light we see left it a very long time ago, so we see it as it was, not as it is now.

In the corpora

• In autumn the Great Square of Pegasus rises in the east, and from its corner a line of stars leads to Andromeda.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «andromeda» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.