intergalacticadj.
/ɪntəɡəˈlaktɪk/ Situated between the galaxies; of, pertaining to, or occupying the regions between galaxies.
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intergalactic1928
1928 Nature 6 Oct. 556/1 In other words, in interstellar or intergalactic space.
1930 R. A. Millikan Sci. & New Civilization iv. 106 We think that the atom-building processes that give rise to the observed cosmic rays can take place only under the extreme conditions of temperature and pressure existing in interstellar, or intergalactic, space.
1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action i. 13 The whole of space, intergalactic as well as interstellar.
1969 Times 29 May 12/8 Extremely far away even by intergalactic standards.
1971 Nature 29 Jan. 305/2 At these energies both the interstellar and the intergalactic gas should become gradually opaque.
Draft additions 1993
intergaˈlactically adv.
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the world > the universe > space > [adverb] > intergalactically
intergalactically1980
1980 Punch 28 May 833/3 The space flight and satellite section riveted even me, who am intergalactically unawakened.
1987 Fortune 27 Apr. 283/1 The rocketeers are investors in the U.S. stock market... Intergalactically or otherwise, they are determined to get back to 1965.
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