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Definition of "intragalactic" [intragalactic]

  • Occurring or situated within the space of a galaxy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "intragalactic" in a sentence
  • "Here are the dates, so far, of my Intragalactic Reading Tour not to be confused with an Intergalactic Reading Tour, or, conversely, an intragalactic rowboat."
  • "However, strategic pressures-technological developments, expansion of other races into the afore mentioned sectors, an overall increase in intragalactic trade-have weakened that control."
  • "Hamal was close to Sol and Terra, but it was also within the boundaries of the great Majoris Congeries, an intragalactic “open” cluster of twenty stars that was home to as many wildly diverse species, from methane-breathers to one winged species that found the atmospheres of stars congenial."
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