galactic
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- adjective
- /ɡəˈlæktɪk/
- Specialized
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galáctico
- Now it's going around what we call the galactic plane, that plane of the Milky Way disk.
- galactic nucleus
- active galactic nucleus
- the galactic center
We call them active galactic nuclei, LAGN.
- We call them active galactic nuclei, LAGN.
- They roam the galactic space lanes, they play with black holes.
- So you might be able to explain why we don't see a galactic empire.
- Of course, we can't really feel that, but the sun does circle the galactic center.
- Do I think that this man is the whistleblower of a galactic federation like this is Star Trek?
- And Zenu is this galactic warlord who now is going to quote handle this.
- Now it's going around what we call the galactic plane, that plane of the Milky Way disk.
Examples
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The first of these, the Landsrad, was in essence A galactic version of the United Nations.
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The Milky Way is a galactic system that contains billions of stars and planets.
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The pattern of a galactic star map was clear in any language.
Fiction book (2002) -
And again, we now see a really well formed galactic structure emerging.
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But the long journey to this galactic arm revealed many more wonders beyond my experience.
Fiction book (1997) -
The six water planets were destroyed in the galactic war.
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At the time of my writing, at least nine Galactic black hole candidates have been discovered in binary systems.
Academic text (2000) -
There is substantial evidence that galactic halos exist, yet we do not know what they are made of.
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Now I long dreamed of this amazing galactic outpost protecting us all.
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Armed with this information, the best way to see through our galactic dust screen is to use infrared-sensitive telescopes.
Academic text (1995)
Compounds
Surface Forms
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Etymology
Galactic comes from the Greek root galact- meaning 'milk' and is the same root as galaxy, which people called the 'Milky Way' because it looks like a band of milk in the sky. So galactic means 'relating to a galaxy', for example the galactic center of our Milky Way.