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galactic

adjective
ga·​lac·​tic | \ gÉ™-ˈlak-tik How to pronounce galactic (audio) \

Definition of galactic

1 : of or relating to a galaxy and especially the Milky Way galaxy
2 : huge a galactic sum of money

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Examples of galactic in a Sentence

a galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoers

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These magnetic columns and accretion disks are set up for a galactic battle. David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "NASA Stumped by Weird Green Blobs," 6 Sep. 2019 From lightsabers to Porgs, thermal detonator Coke bottles and Kowakian monkey-lizards, there’s no shortage of galactic gems to make an appearance in your next Instagram post. Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has plenty of selfie opportunities," 29 Aug. 2019 This balanced juggling of topics—of maniacally cackling teen aliens, galactic-stakes battles over the universe, and bulbous creatures who both roll around in and vomit entire pizza pies—is not an easy thing to pull off. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus," 16 Aug. 2019 In this case, two massive stars in the galactic center collapse to become black holes. Quanta Magazine, "To Make Two Black Holes Collide, Try Three," 15 Aug. 2019 The resulting shockwaves could reverberate into space, shatter the Phantom Zone and release galactic criminals into our atmosphere who may then try to invade Earth. Fox News, "'Nuke hurricanes': Scientists explain why nuclear bombs and hurricanes don’t mix," 26 Aug. 2019 Marvel’s future is looking more galactic Brie Larson in 'Captain Marvel,' 2019. Eliana Dockterman, Time, "What the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Looks Like Without Spider-Man," 22 Aug. 2019 While much of Aliume’s work contains echoes of hard science and galactic-level imagery—the way out there—some of his pieces come from the other direction, from deep inside. Duff Mcdonald, WIRED, "The Cosmic, Psychedelic, Glow-in-the-Dark Art of Alex Aliume," 20 Aug. 2019 The second installment from Odd One Out continues in the galactic zoo theme. Katie Bain, Billboard, "Rising Finnish Producer Yotto Debuts New Track 'Nova': Exclusive," 13 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of galactic

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for galactic

borrowed from New Latin galacticus (taken as derivative of Galaxias "Milky Way"), borrowed from Greek galaktikós "milky," from galakt-, gála "milk" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at galaxy

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galactic

adjective
ga·​lac·​tic | \ gÉ™-ˈlak-tik How to pronounce galactic (audio) \

Kids Definition of galactic

: of or relating to a galaxy galactic light

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