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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 system
Familiarity information: INTERPLANETARY SPACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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