Both Uses of
galaxy
in
Ender's Game
- People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and the surplus population should be sent to other worlds, to spread mankind so far across the galaxy that no disaster, no invasion could ever threaten the human race with annihilation.†
Chpt 9 *
- "It means," said Graff, "that ships could talk to each other even when they're across the galaxy.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(galaxy) a collection of star systems held together by gravity -- for example, our sun is a star whose system includes Earth and the other planets. That star system is a tiny part of the Milky Way galaxy