- deep space
- nounany region in space outside the solar system• Part Holonyms: ↑outer space, ↑space
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I. noun: the effect especially in painting of an uninterrupted view into great distance — compare stage spaceII. noun: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system* * *
—deep-space, adj.space beyond the limits of the solar system. Also called outer space.[1950-55]* * *
deep space nounThe area of space beyond the moon's orbit• • •Main Entry: ↑deep* * *
deep space,space beyond the earth and the moon (as distinguished from outer space in the sense of the space immediately beyond the earth's atmosphere). »Laws will have to be drawn up to regulate travel by human beings…in so-called deep space (New Yorker).
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n. another term for outer space
Useful english dictionary. 2012.