The Collaborative International Dictionary
Galactic \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. ? milky, fr. ?, ?, milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]
Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
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Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
Galactic circle (Astron.), 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.
Usage examples of "galactic poles".
He'd take a look at the Trent listing in the Directory, copy out its coordinates and proper motion, check the galactic poles and zero galactic longitude by observation out the ports, and then get at the really tricky stuff when he learned the ship's destination.
Any frigid-blooded visitor had at least to be investigated, hence his analytical screens had to be capable only of differentiation between two types of beings as far apart as the galactic poles in practically every respect.
He knew, now, that he and this apparently human creature beside him were as far apart as the Galactic Poles in every essential phase of life.
He knew the galactic poles, and he could recognize galactic longitude.