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noun Astronomy.
the plane of the galactic equator.
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Origin of galactic plane
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby galactic plane
galactic longitude, galactic nebula, galactic noise, galactic nucleus, Galactico, galactic plane, galactic pole, galactic poles, galactic year, galactin, galacto-
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How to use galactic plane in a sentence
In the 1950s, astronomers first spotted a radio wave-emitting arc hanging above — or to the “north” of — the galactic plane.
Galaxy-Size Bubbles Discovered Towering Over the Milky Way|Charlie Wood|January 6, 2021|Quanta MagazineAs we ascend from the galactic plane we perceive that the density decreases with great rapidity.
British Dictionary definitions for galactic plane
galactic plane
noun
the plane passing through the spiral arms of the Galaxy
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