galaxywide

== English == === Alternative forms === galaxy-wide === Etymology === From galaxy +‎ -wide. Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1940 in the form "galaxy-wide". === Adjective === galaxywide (not comparable) Throughout a galaxy. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:galaxywide. ==== Synonyms ==== pangalactic, transgalactic === References === Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “galaxywide”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 75. Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2026), “galaxy-wide adj.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.