Galactic
[guh-lak-tik] /gəˈlæk tɪk/
adjective
1.
Astronomy.
2.
immense; huge; vast:
a problem of galactic proportions.
3.
Physiology. pertaining to or stimulating the secretion of milk.
/ɡəˈlæktɪk/
adjective
1.
(astronomy) of or relating to a galaxy, esp the Galaxy: the galactic plane
2.
(med) of or relating to milk
adj.
1839, “of the Milky Way,” from Late Latin galacticus, from galaxias (see galaxy). In modern scientific sense “pertaining to (our) galaxy,” from 1849.
galactic ga·lac·tic (gə-lāk’tĭk)
adj.
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