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galactic
/ɡəˈlæktɪk/
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What does galactic mean?
adjective
- Relating to a galaxy.
- Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.
- (figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.
- Pertaining to the Milky Way Galaxy.
proper noun
- Denoting the name of a universal language spoken throughout a galaxy in various works.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɡəˈlæktɪk/
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Possibly the entire galactic system may, in an inconceivably remote future, remodel itself in this way; and possibly the nebula from which our own group of planets has been formed may have owed its origin to the disintegration of systems which had accomplished their career in the depths of the bygone eternity.
Go forth on a moonless night and behold the firmament emblazoned with its myriad of scintillating stars, solar orbs, nebulae, world-systems in the making: the galactic circle, a jeweled band athwart the canopy of Heaven; a seething maelstrom of Light: countless suns in space all expressing the one reality, OMNISCIENCE.