'Galactic poles' definitions:

Definition of 'Galactic poles'

From: GCIDE
  • Galactic \Ga*lac"tic\, a. [Gr. ? milky, fr. ?, ?, milk. See Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. [1913 Webster]
  • Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. --Herschel.
  • Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle. [1913 Webster]