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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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How to pronounce Galactic?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Philipp Heck:

   With this study, we have directly determined the lifetimes of stardust. We hope this will be picked up and studied so that people can use this as input for models of the whole galactic life cycle, it's so exciting to look at the history of our galaxy. Stardust is the oldest material to reach Earth, and from it, we can learn about our parent stars, the origin of the carbon in our bodies [ and ] the origin of the oxygen we breathe. With stardust, we can trace that material back to the time before the sun.

2. 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.

3. Jeff Bezos:

   We've always had as our mission that we wanted to fly above the Karman Line, because we didn't want there to be any asterisks next to your name about whether you're an astronaut or not, that's something [ Virgin Galactic is ] going to have to address, in my opinion.

4. 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.

5. Barbara Ehrenreich:

   In sci-fi convention, life-forms that hadn't developed space travel were mere prehistory -- horse-shoe crabs of the cosmic scene -- and something of the humiliation of being stuck on a provincial planet in a galactic backwater has stayed with me ever since.

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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