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Webster 1913 Edition
Galactic
1.
Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk;
as,
. galactic
acid2.
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.
Definition 2024
Galactic
Galactic
English
Adjective
Galactic (not comparable)
- pertaining to the Milky Way Galaxy
Related terms
- Galaxy (Milky Way Galaxy)
galactic
galactic
English
Adjective
galactic (comparative more galactic, superlative most galactic)
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.
- Galactic acid.
- Relating to a galaxy.
- (figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).
- 1998, Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War II:
- The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact, […]
- 1999, Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, Egg & ego: an almost true story of life in the biology lab, page 65:
- For a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal?
- 2007, Jeffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 128:
- “Yes, his heart is one of galactic proportions.”
- (Can we date this quote?) José D. Roncal, José N. Abbo, The Big Gamble: Are You Investing Or Speculating?, page 94:
- The credit crunch became a mess of galactic proportions.
- 1998, Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War II:
Translations
(medicine) pertaining to milk or the secretion of milk
relating to the galaxy or a galaxy
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(figuratively) enormous
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Related terms
Derived terms
- galactic nucleus
- active galactic nucleus
- galactic core
- galactic halo
- galactic arm