galaxywide en · ADJ
Etymology
From galaxy + -wide. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1940 in the form "galaxy-wide".
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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:Protoculture supply was dwindling, the galaxywide war running down like clockwork as both sides' resources and infrastructures declined.
1989, Jack McKinney, The End of the Circle, →ISBN, page 203: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| galaxy-wide | alternative | lexicographic |