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interstellar

interstellar adjective: between the stars.

Adjective

interstellar (not comparable)

  1. Between the stars.
    • It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.
  2. Among the stars.
    • Space is littered with interstellar particles.
    • Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition

interstellar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

interstellar in Hindi

between stars
अंतरतारकीय antratārkīya
among stars
अंतरतारकीय antratārkīya

interstellar in Tamil

மீனிடை, விண்மீனிடை, விண்மீன்களுக்கு இடையேயுள்ள, கதிரவன் அண்டத்துக்கு அப்பாற்பட்ட, விண்மீன்களுக்கிடையேயுள்ள

interstellar in Urdu

interstellar, intersidereal
بین النجوم bainal-nujūm

interstellar in Bengali

নক্ষত্রমন্ডলীর মধ্যবর্তী, তারকারাজির মধ্যকার স্থান সংক্রান্ত
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interstellar in Sanskrit
अन्तर्तारकीय antartārakīya
interstellar in Malay
antara bintang, antara najam
interstellar in Indonesian
lintas bintang

Examples of interstellar in a sentence

  • When interstellar travel becomes feasible, I plan to visit Alpha Centauri.
  • The LAPD has asked Angelenos not to shoot at the alien spaceship, fearing it might trigger an interstellar war.
  • After that, its material is largely shredded and mixed into interstellar space.

All 22 example sentences with interstellar

Synonyms of interstellar

Origin of interstellar

From inter- + stellar.

Words formed from interstellar

Phrases with interstellar

Questions about interstellar

What does interstellar mean?
Interstellar means between the stars.
What is interstellar in Hindi?
Interstellar in Hindi is अंतरतारकीय (antratārkīya). See Interstellar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is interstellar?
Interstellar is an adjective.

Words near interstellar in the dictionary

  1. interstater
  2. interstaters
  3. interstates
  4. interstation
  5. interstatus
  6. interstellar
  7. interstellar cloud
  8. interstellar clouds
  9. interstellar comet
  10. interstellar comets
  11. interstellar extinction

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: interstellar (page history and authors); interstellar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بین النجوم (Urdu) (page history and authors); Interstellar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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