galactic
adjective/ɡəˈlæktɪk/
Frequency rank: #7,741 most common English word
Meaning
relating to a galaxy, especially the Milky Way; extremely large in scale.
Example sentence
The scientist spent her career studying galactic phenomena far beyond our solar system.
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