Usually means: Time Earth orbits Milky Way.
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  1. galactic year: Wiktionary
  2. galactic year: Infoplease Dictionary
  3. galactic year: Dictionary.com
  4. Galactic Year, Galactic year: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (galactic year)

noun:  (astronomy) The time taken for the Solar System to orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, estimated to be from 225 to 250 million years.
noun:  (astronomy, by extension) The time taken for a celestial body to complete a quasi-orbit in a galaxy.

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