intergalactic

[ in-ter-guh-lak-tik ]

adjective

1. of, existing, or occurring in the space between galaxies:

   The science-fiction movie was about an intergalactic war.

intergalactic

/ ˌɪntəɡəˈlæktɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or existing between two or more galaxies

   the dark clouds of intergalactic space

Word History and Origins

Origin of intergalactic¹

First recorded in 1925–30; inter- + galactic

Example Sentences

Now that Loki’s sexuality is canon, hopefully many other superheroes—and wizards and princesses and intergalactic smugglers—will follow.

From Time

For a hyper-advanced species, for whom interstellar and intergalactic travel is easy, this ultimate isolation of their territory might actually be an encouragement to occupy it all.

From Nautilus

The largest error in the new method comes from not knowing precisely how the FRB signal disperses as it exits its home galaxy before entering intergalactic space, where the gas and dust content is better understood.

From Science News

Neither can you teleport yourself from one conference space to another like an intergalactic traveller.

From Digiday

The much larger USS Jellyfish, on the other hand, appears to have formed when intergalactic gas and electrons interacted.

From Science News

Guardians centers on Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), an intergalactic smuggler who swipes an orb.

From The Daily Beast

I was the first woman to fly on the Intergalactic Space Mission.

From The Daily Beast

The same guy controls over four decades' worth of intergalactic pop culture.

From The Daily Beast

About: A stop-motion animated comedy about two slackers who begrudgingly take low-level jobs on an intergalactic warship.

From The Daily Beast

Charlize Theron plays the human bad guy and Michael Fassbender is an android and intergalactic butler.

From The Daily Beast

They stood beside the great intergalactic cruiser, looking up at its shining hull.

From Project Gutenberg

After the two older men had been shown all through the intergalactic vessel, the elder Arcot turned to his old friend.

From Project Gutenberg

If Vininese patrols had found them there it might have created an unpleasant intergalactic incident.

From Project Gutenberg

Isn't it wonderful that intergalactic travel gives us room to expand?

From Project Gutenberg

The Ancient Mariner, originally built for intergalactic exploration, was kept in working condition.

From Project Gutenberg