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INTERPLANETARY SPACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interplanetary space mean? 

INTERPLANETARY SPACE (noun)
  The noun INTERPLANETARY SPACE has 1 sense:

1. the part of outer space within the solar systemplay

  Familiarity information: INTERPLANETARY SPACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERPLANETARY SPACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of outer space within the solar system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("interplanetary space" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Meronyms (parts of "interplanetary space"):

asteroid belt (the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interplanetary space"):

interplanetary medium (interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust)

Holonyms ("interplanetary space" is a part of...):

outer space; space (any location outside the Earth's atmosphere)


 Context examples 


Recent measurements with New Horizons’ Alice instrument reveal that a diffuse Lyman-alpha glow falling on Pluto from all directions in interplanetary space is strong enough to produce almost as much tholin as the direct rays of the sun.

(Pluto: The 'Other' Red Planet, NASA)



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