galactic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: galactic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for galactic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
galactic adj of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way); "the galactic plane" inconceivably large Synonym(s): astronomic, astronomical, galactic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Galactic \Galac"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] milky, fr. [?], [?], milk. See {Galaxy}, and cf. {Lactic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic* acid. 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. {Galactic circle} (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel. {Galactic poles}, the poles of the galactic circle.