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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] milky, fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], milk. See

, and cf.

Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk;

as,

galactic

acid

Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.

Galactic circle

(Astron.)

the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms.

Herschel.

–

Galactic poles

the poles of the galactic circle.

See also: galactic and Galactic

galàctic m ‎(feminine galàctica, masculine plural galàctics, feminine plural galàctiques)