English-Italian translations for light year

• anno luce
• anni luce
  Il Consiglio e gli Stati membri sono ancora lontani anni luce da una tale impostazione. The Council and the Member States are still light years away from this attitude.
  Il conflitto palestinese-israeliano è, purtroppo, lontano anni luce da una pacifica soluzione. The conflict between Palestine and Israel is, unfortunately, light years away from a peaceful resolution.
  È da questo che verremo giudicati, e siamo ancora lontani anni luce da quanto richiesto per l'evasione fiscale. That is how we will be judged and we are still light years away from what is required regarding tax evasion.

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