Intergalactic
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Occurring between galaxies. not-comparable
"Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones."
- 2 Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar. not-comparable, proscribed
"They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization."
- 1 between or among galaxies wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom was an intergalactic genius who, within the space of just a few short seconds of concentration, could absorb telepathically all the languages on Earth and then speak them better than any native."
Etymology
From inter- + galactic.
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