intergalactic adj.
situated between galaxies; of, pertaining to, or occupying the regions between galaxies
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1888
Assuming the accuracy of Fresnel’s views, and the consequent reflections of the light rays from the supposed inter-galactic vacuum, it seems probable that after a number of these reflections had taken place the light vibrations would eventually cease, and the energy thus apparently dissipated might perhaps be converted into heat, thus tending in the course of ages to raise the general temperature of the ether, and preserve the great principle of the conservation of energy.
Letter in Daily Express (Dublin) 19 June 7/2 -
1920 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2 May
He descanted upon star spirals ‘as presumably inter-galactic objects of peculiar construction, that is, a part of a grand system and not individual galaxies or other universes.’
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1932
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John W. Campbell, Jr.
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A race which had been able to cross the vast gulf of inter[-]galactic space in the days when Terrestrians were still developing the airplane.
Invaders from Infinite in Amazing Stories Quarterly Spring–Summer 154/1 -
1954
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Winston K. Marks
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If he wasn’t insane, he was experiencing man’s first inter-galactic contact with an intelligent being.
Pompous Asteroid in Fantastic Universe Dec. 112/1 -
1968
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Bill can work only with materials available here on Earth. (Until the next intergalactic trading ship drops anchor on this planet, anyway.)
in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry Making of ‘Star Trek’ vi. 356 -
1970
Gordon R. Dickson
The figures of the two men disappeared and were replaced by what looked like a glowing spiral of dust floating against a black background—‘will shortly be facing attack by a roving intergalactic race which periodically preys upon those island universes like our galaxy which dot that intergalactic space’.
Hour of Horde iii. 36 -
1988
Sharyn McCrumb
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Perhaps ‘G’ stood for Ganymede, or some other intergalactic place.
Bimbos of Death Sun i. 7 -
1992
Marc Okrand
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For intra-and intergalactic communication, the Klingon government, along with most other governments, has accepted English as the lingua franca.
Klingon Dictionary 10 -
2005
Iain M. Banks
The outward journey allegedly took almost no time, because it was conducted through an intergalactic wormhole, the portal location of which is amongst those included in the Dweller List.
Algebraist iii. 166
Research requirements
antedating 1888
Earliest cite
John Ellard Gore, in the Dublin "Daily Express"
Research History
Bill Mullins submitted a cite for "inter-galactic" from a 1920 newspaper.Simon Koppel submitted a cite from John Ellard Gore from an 1888 newspaper.
Earliest cite in the OED: 1928
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