Definitions for galactic
gəˈlæk tɪkga·lac·tic

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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. 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

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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. 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.

2. Darryl Genovesi:

   It’s irrational day-trading, nothing fundamental. Same as GameStop, Tootsie Roll, Virgin Galactic, etc.

3. Edward Stone:

   We also have galactic cosmic rays, which are out in the interstellar space trying to flow in, and some of them, only about 30 percent of what's outside, can actually reach Earth.

4. 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.

5. Richard Branson:

   While those investigations are ongoing and Mr Khashoggi presence is not known, I will suspend my directorships of the two tourism projects. Virgin will also suspend Mr Khashoggi presence discussions with the Public Investment Fund over the proposed investment in our space companies Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit.

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