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galactic

[ guh-lak-tik ]

adjective

  1. Astronomy.
    1. of or relating to a galaxy.
    2. of or relating to the Milky Way.
  2. immense; huge; vast:

    a problem of galactic proportions.

  3. Physiology. pertaining to or stimulating the secretion of milk.


galactic

/ ɡəˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. astronomy of or relating to a galaxy, esp the Galaxy

    the galactic plane

  2. med of or relating to milk
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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of galactic1

First recorded in 1830–40, galactic is from the Greek word پó milky. See galact-, -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galactic1

C19: from Greek galaktikos; see galaxy
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The Empire’s objective, he claims, is to “transform the galactic economy and solidify imperial authority” by creating a source of stable, unlimited power.

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Alok persuades Georgiou to join them in their quest, offering her “a chance to get back in on the action on a galactic scale,” rather than spending her life “tending bar.”

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But because the signals emanate from the crowded galactic plane, optical telescopes could not see which of many stars might be producing them.

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Stephan's Quintet represents "a galactic crossroad where past collisions between galaxies have left behind a complex field of debris," which has now been reawakened by the passage of the galaxy, NGC 7318b.

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By sorting truth from deceit, holding the adage that humanity’s greatest weapon is the lie, the Sisterhood wields influence throughout the galactic Imperium by inserting their representatives at the side of every ruler.

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