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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way);
- Example: "the galactic plane"

2. inconceivably large;
[syn: astronomic, astronomical, galactic]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Galactic \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. ? milky, fr. ?, ?, milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. [1913 Webster] Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel. Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

galactic adj 1: of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way); "the galactic plane" 2: inconceivably large [syn: astronomic, astronomical, galactic]