English Explanatory Dictionary

deep space

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or in the area of space beyond the gravitational influence of Earth, or outside the Solar System.
noun
  1. All of space beyond the gravitational influence of Earth, or outside the Solar System, or distant from stars.

Pronunciation

en-us-deep space.ogg

Word forms

deep space deep-space deepspace

Etymology

Coined by American science fiction author E. E. Smith in 1934 in his novel Triplanetary, first serialized in Amazing Stories. After deep sea.

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