Definitions for galactic
gəˈlæk tɪkga·lac·tic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. galacticadjective

   of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)

   "the galactic plane"

2. astronomic, astronomical, galacticadjective

   inconceivably large

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1. galacticadjective

   Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.

2. galacticadjective

   Relating to a galaxy.

3. galacticadjective

   Enormous (in size or impact).

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1. Galactic

   Galactic is an American jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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1. galactic

   Galactic generally refers to anything related to a galaxy, particularly, the Milky Way galaxy, which is our home galaxy. This term can be associated with astronomical objects, events, or phenomena that occur in or originate from a galaxy. It can also refer to a large scale or immense scope in colloquial usage.

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1. Galacticadjective

   of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid

2. Galacticadjective

   of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way

3. Etymology: [Gr. milky, fr. , , milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]

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1. Galactic

   Galactic is a funk and jazz jam band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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1. Galactic

   ga-lak′tik, adj. pertaining to or obtained from milk: (astron.) pertaining to the Milky-Way.—ns. Galac′tagogue, a medicine which promotes the secretion of milk; Galac′tia, a morbid flow or deficiency of milk; Galac′tin, lactose; Galactom′eter, an instrument for finding the quality of milk by indicating its specific gravity; Galactoph′agist, one who lives on milk.—adjs. Galactoph′agous, living on milk; Galactoph′orous, milk-carrying; Galactopoiet′ic, milk-producing.—n. Galactorrhœ′a, a too abundant flow of milk. [Gr. gala, galaktos, milk.]

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1. galactic

   Relating to a galaxy.

   The galactic satellites work efficiently and show amazing pictures of the galaxy that us human beings love to see.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 22, 2020  

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1. galactic

   Song lyrics by galactic -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by galactic on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce galactic?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of galactic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of galactic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of galactic in a Sentence

1. David Sweeney:

   These compact remnants of dead stars show a fundamentally different distribution and structure to the visible galaxy, the ‘height’ of the galactic underworld is over three times larger in the Milky Way itself. And an amazing 30 percent of objects have been completely ejected from the galaxy.

2. Geoffrey Marcy:

   If the Milky Way actually has other intelligent species sending their spacecraft across the galaxy to settle around other stars on other planets, they might communicate using lasers, there could be a galactic Internet not borne by copper wires, not borne by fiber optics, but carried by laser beams crisscrossing the galaxy.

3. George Whitesides:

   That's what Virgin Galactic tourism customers want, to capture that whole experience [ using installed cameras ] was really a challenging but, I think, [ an ] effectively done design problem.

4. Richard Branson:

   You've got to remember that Virgin Galactic has people on every spaceflight... The fact that I'm willing to fly with those people shows confidence, i think the least the founder of the company can do is go up there and fly with his people.

5. Jonathan Davis:

   These telescopes were designed to look for diffuse light around galaxies. Not in the context of dark matter, but you can repurpose the data to look for this glow, [The Dragonfly telescopes] are really good at looking for this high contrast between the really bright galactic center and the really dim outskirts of galaxies.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=galactic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Galactic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galactic
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=galactic
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=galactic
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=galactic