galactic circle

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]