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   ga·lac·tic

   /ɡəˈlaktik/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a galaxy or galaxies, especially the Milky Way galaxy: "the search for a black hole at the galactic center"
   • ▪ measured relative to the galactic equator: "the south galactic pole"

   Word Origin late 18th century (in sense ‘lactic’, of acid): from Greek galaktikos milky (from gala-, galakt- ‘milk’), subsequently influenced by galaxy.

   Derivatives

   • 1. galactically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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