Meaning of GALACTIC
| Pronunciation: | | gu'laktik
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- [adj] inconceivably large
- [adj] of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way); "the galactic plane"
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| | Synonyms: | | astronomic, astronomical, big, large |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. ? milky, fr. ?, ?, milk. See
{Galaxy}, and cf. {Lactic}.]
1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic
acid.
2. 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.
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