Galactic
Galactic , adjective
[Greek {not transcribed} milky, from {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, milk. See Galaxy, and compare Lactic.]
1.
Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
2.
Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
Collocations (2)
Galactic circle (Astronomy) , 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.