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adjective
Date: 1839
1. of or relating to a galaxy and especially the Milky Way galaxy
2. huge <a galactic sum of money>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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galactic — [gə lak′tik] adj. [Gr galaktikos, milky < gala (gen. galaktos), milk < IE base * glak > L lac, milk] 1. of or obtained from milk; lactic 2. Astron. of or pertaining to the Milky Way or some other galaxy … English World dictionary
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