intergalactic
adjEtymology From inter- + galactic.
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Astronomy, Natural sciences Occurring between galaxies.
- Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
- Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
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Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Proscribed Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.
- They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization.2003 July 16, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:
- Derived terms
- intergalactically, intergalactic medium, warm-hot intergalactic medium