English-Estonian translations for light year

• valgusaasta
  Austatud juhataja! Valgevenel on Euroopa Liiduga ühine piir, kuid see riik tundub olevat tuhande valgusaasta kaugusel. Mr President, Belarus is a country which shares a border with the European Union but which seems to be 1 000 light years removed from it.

Definition of light year

• A unit of length ) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances
• A very long way
• A very long time

Examples

• The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.
• Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.

Related words

• twilight years
• light-year
• lightyear