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galaxywide

galaxywide adjective: throughout a galaxy.

Adjective

galaxywide (not comparable)

  1. Throughout a galaxy.
    • I immediately assigned an all-out search, Galaxywide.1949 January, Henry Kuttner, “Time Axis”, in Startling Stories, volume 18, number 3, page 50
    • Critics on both sides of what rapidly became a Galaxywide controversy were forced, however, to acknowledge the magnificent playing of the Student Orchestra and its great technical attainments.1959 June, Larry M. Harris, “Extracts from the Galactick Almanack”, in Galaxy, volume 17, number 5, page 136

Synonyms of galaxywide

Forms of galaxywide

alternative formgalaxy-wide

Origin of galaxywide

From galaxy + -wide. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1940 in the form "galaxy-wide".

Questions about galaxywide

What does galaxywide mean?
Galaxywide means throughout a galaxy.
What part of speech is galaxywide?
Galaxywide is an adjective.

Words near galaxywide in the dictionary

  1. galaxy-wide
  2. galaxyful
  3. galaxyfuls
  4. galaxyless
  5. galaxylike
  6. galaxywide
  7. Galaz
  8. Galazes
  9. Galați
  10. galbacin
  11. Galbally

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