Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a galaxy, especially the Milky Way.
- adjective Of enormous size; immense.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to milk; obtained from milk; lactic.
- In astronomy, pertaining to the Galaxy or Milky Way.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
- adjective (Astron.) the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms.
- adjective the poles of the galactic circle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Of or pertaining to
milk , or thesecretion of milk. - adjective Relating to a
galaxy . - adjective figuratively
Enormous (in size or impact).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inconceivably large
- adjective of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)
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Examples
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This method of using the chemical composition, age and mass of stars to unravel the history of the galaxy is sometimes called galactic archaeology and instruments like the E-ELT would lead the way in such research.
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There is little evidence for a connection between solar activity (as inferred from trends in galactic cosmic rays) and recent global warming.
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There is little evidence for a connection between solar activity (as inferred from trends in galactic cosmic rays) and recent global warming.
Think Progress » Attacking Global Warming Science: Where There’s George Will, There’s a Way 2006
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There is little evidence for a connection between solar activity (as inferred from trends in galactic cosmic rays) and recent global warming.
Think Progress » Attacking Global Warming Science: Where There’s George Will, There’s a Way 2006
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Their lives mix and intertwine throughout the following years to a climax that rivals anything by Stephen Baxter in galactic scope.
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Dreadstar Vol. 1 TPB - This reprint of Jim Starlin's 80's ouvre collects the first few issues of the series (and not the Metamorphosis Odyssey that resulted in galactic genocide) that persuaded me that scifi wasn't so bad.
grafictive excesses Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Dreadstar Vol. 1 TPB - This reprint of Jim Starlin's 80's ouvre collects the first few issues of the series (and not the Metamorphosis Odyssey that resulted in galactic genocide) that persuaded me that scifi wasn't so bad.
Archive 2004-10-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Your a Republic soldier caught up in galactic intrigue on a grand scale - and the game really brings you into this.
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Quasars are extremely bright, remote objects that are often referred to as a "galactic nucleus" and emit incredible amounts of energy.
CNET News.com 2011
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To date, the overall magnitude of taxpayer resources pledged to financial market rescue can only be described as "galactic" -- $7 trillion to $8 trillion in capital infusions, low-interest loans and federal guarantees.
epeolatrist commented on the word galactic
(adj) of, like or pertaining to or obtained from milk
hence, milky way
February 18, 2009