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galactic
[ guh-lak-tik ]
adjective
- Astronomy.
- of or relating to a galaxy.
- of or relating to the Milky Way.
- immense; huge; vast:
a problem of galactic proportions.
- Physiology. pertaining to or stimulating the secretion of milk.
galactic
/ ɡəˈlæktɪk /
adjective
- astronomy of or relating to a galaxy, esp the Galaxy
the galactic plane
- med of or relating to milk
Other Words From
- nonga·lactic adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of galactic1
Example Sentences
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.”
But because the signals emanate from the crowded galactic plane, optical telescopes could not see which of many stars might be producing them.
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.
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.
The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.
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