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Definition of Galactic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way). "The galactic plane"

Definition of Galactic

1. a. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.

Definition of Galactic

1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk. ¹

2. Adjective. Relating to a galaxy. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Galactic

1. pertaining to a galaxy [adj] - See also: galaxy

Medical Definition of Galactic

1. 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. Galactic circle, the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle. Origin: Gr. Milky, fr, milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Galactic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1899)
"WILLIAM NOBLE, Dr. Cobham Brewer and the galactic Circle. GENTLEMEN,— One frequently meets with amusing instances of mis- • conception by writers when ..."

2. The Observatory (1899)
"Dr. Cobham Brewer and the galactic Circle. GENTLEMEN,— One frequently meets with amusing instances of mis- -conception by writers when treating of subjects ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"There are 29 in the upper galactic zone (B and BB), and 42 in the lower ... There are 23 in the northerly halves of the two galactic zones (B and C) and 48 ..."

4. Popular Science Monthly (1912)
"... and intimately associated with the Milky Way; and since, further, it is inevitable that the broad disk of the galactic accumulation must have gathered ..."

5. Rational Cosmology: Or, The Eternal Principles and the Necessary Laws of the by Laurens Perseus Hickok (1858)
"The stars at the galactic poles are thus in much greater proportion of larger to smaller than at the galactic circle. The larger keep their own number all ..."

6. Space Radiation Hazards and the Vision for Space Exploration: Report of a by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"galactic Cosmic Radiation galactic cosmic rays are highly energetic nuclei ... galactic cosmic rays with sufficient rigidity impinge on the atmosphere at ..."

7. Handbook of astronomy by Dionysius Lardner (1867)
"galactic circle and poles. — The two opposite points of the celestial sphere, around which the stara are observed to be more thinly scattered than in other ..."

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