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galactic

/ɡəˈlæktɪk/
Meanings

  • a vast, boundless space, particularly the universe as a whole

    - "The stars twinkle in the vast expanse of the galactic."
    - "The astronauts gazed in awe at the beauty of the milky way, a galactic."

  • belonging to or denoting an entity or space that is extremely large, especially the universe

    - "The discovery of the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle in the Standard Model of particle physics, was a major milestone in the study of the galactic."
    - "The James Webb Space Telescope, a next-generation space telescope expected to be launched in 2021, will be able to observe the universe in greater detail than ever before, providing valuable insights into the nature of the galactic."
Pronunciation
  1. /ɡəˈlæktɪk/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with galactic
astronomical , cosmological , galaxical , geological , heological , jovial , lunar , marinar , planetary , stellar , terrestrial , tellurian , venusian
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. galactic (astronomy) / galactic (related to milk) / galactica (a female superhero) / gallactic (a variant of 'galactic')

Variants
List of all variants of galactic that leads to same result
galactic
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The term 'galactic' comes from the Greek word 'galaxas', which means 'milk sea' or 'milky way'. This term was first used by the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel in 1785, when he discovered the spiral structure of the Milky Way galaxy.

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