galactic
adjective
ga·lac·tic
gə-ˈlak-tik 
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a galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoers
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These range from mapping various ices in and around our galactic neighborhood to tallying all the universe’s light over its history to even probing some of the first moments of time itself, shortly after the big bang.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
In the Milky Way’s galactic magnetic field, the force is so weak that a standard compass would be virtually useless.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
And don’t travel too far north; the galactic center is only visible below 55 degrees latitude—roughly Edmonton, Canada.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
Looking toward the galactic center thus amounts to looking at a vast band of stars—which is what the Milky Way looks like to the naked eye in a very dark sky.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
In the Milky Way’s galactic magnetic field, the force is so weak that a standard compass would be virtually useless.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
And don’t travel too far north; the galactic center is only visible below 55 degrees latitude—roughly Edmonton, Canada.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
Looking toward the galactic center thus amounts to looking at a vast band of stars—which is what the Milky Way looks like to the naked eye in a very dark sky.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for galactic
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“Galactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galactic. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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galactic
adjective
ga·lac·tic
gə-ˈlak-tik
: of or relating to a galaxy
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