anagalactic
anagalactic adjective: outside of our own galaxy.
Adjective
anagalactic (not comparable)
- Outside of our own galaxy.
- The velocity of the Sun relative to the 44 anagalactic objects, for which data exist, is generally found to be about twice as large as the velocity relative to the 18 globular clusters.1936, Miscellaneous papers on nebulae - Volume 3, page 409
- Shapley was not so opposed to the hypothesis as I had expected, but, of course, he believes in "supra-galaxies' [sic], i.e. he thinks that the Milky Way forms a system of higher order than the ordinary anagalactic objects.1982, Robert W. Smith, The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900-1931, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- extragalactic
Synonyms of anagalactic
Origin of anagalactic
From ana- + galactic.
Questions about anagalactic
- What does anagalactic mean?
- Anagalactic means outside of our own galaxy.
- What part of speech is anagalactic?
- Anagalactic is an adjective.
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