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deep-space

deep-space is the alternative form of deep space.

Meaning of deep space

Noun

deep space (uncountable)

  1. All of space beyond the gravitational influence of Earth, or outside the Solar System, or distant from stars.
    • Part of the time he spent in the speedster dashing hither and yon. Most of it, however, he spent in the vastly more comfortable mauler; to the armored side of which his tiny vessel clung with magnetic clamps while he slept and ate, gossiped and read, exercised and played with the mauler's officers...1937 December, E. E. "Doc" Smith, “Galactic Patrol”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 20, number 4, page 73

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Questions about deep-space

What is deep-space the alternative form of?
Deep-space is the alternative form of deep space.

Words near deep-space in the dictionary

  1. deep-six
  2. deep-sixed
  3. deep-sixes
  4. deep-sixing
  5. deep-sky
  6. deep-space
  7. deep-submergence vehicle
  8. deep-submergence vehicles
  9. deep-throat
  10. deep-throated
  11. deep-throater

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