galactic meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

galactic

adjalso spelled Galactic

/ɡəˈlæktɪk/

Etymology Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico.

Relating to a galaxy.

Astronomy, Natural sciences Capitalized, Sometimes, Specifically Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.

Figuratively Enormous (in size or impact).

The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact, […]1998, Mark Lynton, Accidental Journey: A Cambridge Intern's Memory of World War II:
For a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal?1999, Jonathan Michael Wyndham Slack, Egg & ego: an almost true story of life in the biology lab, page 65:

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“Yes, his heart is one of galactic proportions.”2007, Jeffrey P. Brown, Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, page 128:
The credit crunch became a mess of galactic proportions.2008, José D. Roncal, José N. Abbo, The Big Gamble: Are You Investing Or Speculating?, page 94:

Medicine, Sciences Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.

Derived terms: 35 terms
active galactic nucleus, anagalactic, antigalactic, apogalactic, circumgalactic, Encyclopedia Galactica, exogalactic, extragalactic, Galactic, galactically, galactic arm, galactic bulge, galactic cannibalism, galactic center, galactic core, galactic disc, galactic habitable zone, galactic halo, galactic nucleus, galactic year, galactography, hypergalactic, intergalactic, intragalactic, metagalactic, multigalactic, nongalactic, non-galactic, pangalactic, perigalactic, pregalactic, protogalactic, subgalactic, supergalactic, transgalactic
Related terms: galaxy
Hyponyms: Galactic

adj

Etymology From galactic. Compare Galaxy.

Pertaining to the Milky Way Galaxy.