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- galactic of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)
- lactose a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
- intergalactic between or among galaxies
- andromeda a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy
- galatians a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians
- pygmalion (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea
- lactase any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose
- extragalactic outside or beyond a galaxy
- hubble parameter (cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer; the Hubble constant is not actually a constant, but is regarded as measuring the expansion rate today
- milky way galaxy the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky