intergalactic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English galactic English intergalactic From inter- + galactic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring between galaxies.
Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment.
2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC: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.
2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
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(not-comparable, proscribed) Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar.
They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization.
2003 July 16, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:
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Deriveds
intergalactic medium · intergalactically · warm-hot intergalactic medium
Translations (33)
pl międzygalaktyczny (occurring between galaxies) · kea intergaláktiku (occurring between galaxies) · pt intergalático (occurring between galaxies) · cs mezigalaktický (occurring between galaxies) · hy միջգալակտիկական (occurring between galaxies) · he בין־גלקטי (occurring between galaxies) · da intergalaktisk (occurring between galaxies) · lv starpgalaktiku (occurring between galaxies) · el διαγαλαξιακός (occurring between galaxies) · ru межгалакти́ческий (occurring between galaxies) · oc intergalactic (occurring between galaxies) · ja 銀河間 (occurring between galaxies) · uk міжгалакти́чний (occurring between galaxies) · it intergalattico (occurring between galaxies) · nrf întèrgalactique (occurring between galaxies) · eo intergalaksia (occurring between galaxies) · az qalaktikalararası (occurring between galaxies) · ro intergalactic (occurring between galaxies) · fr intergalactique (occurring between galaxies) · ga idir-réaltrach (occurring between galaxies) · sk medzigalaktický (occurring between galaxies) · nl intergalactisch (occurring between galaxies) · hu galaxisközi (occurring between galaxies) · fi galaksienvälinen (occurring between galaxies) · es intergaláctico (occurring between galaxies) · ca intergalàctic (occurring between galaxies) · cmn 星系際 /星系际 (occurring between galaxies) · de intergalaktisch (occurring between galaxies) · kk галактикааралық (occurring between galaxies) · sv intergalaktisk (occurring between galaxies) · hi अंतरमंदाकिनीय (occurring between galaxies) · be міжгалакты́чны (occurring between galaxies) · pt intergaláctico (occurring between galaxies)