galaxy

IPA: gˈæɫʌksi

(now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
(astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
(figuratively) An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.
(fashion, design) Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.
(astronomy, dated, now proscribed) The Milky Way Galaxy.

Examples of "galaxy" in Sentences

You know as well as I do that chasing us around the galaxy is a fruitless exercise.
Believing in the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy is another matter.
At the centre of the galaxy is a strange zone called the Void, protected by an Event Horizon.
For the same idea the Greeks used gala and kyklos, meaning milk and circle, hence our word galaxy.
The term galaxy comes from the Greek root galakt, which means "milk" (a reference to our own Milky Way).