OUTER SPACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outer space mean? 

• OUTER SPACE (noun)
  The noun OUTER SPACE has 1 sense:

1. any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTER SPACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any location outside the Earth's atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

outer space; space

Context example:

the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth

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

location (a point or extent in space)

infinite; space (the unlimited expanse in which everything is located)

Meronyms (parts of "outer space"):

interplanetary space (the part of outer space within the solar system)

interstellar space (the space between stars)

intergalactic space (the space between galaxies)

deep space (any region in space outside the solar system)

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

aerospace (the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole)

 Context examples 

The living organisms are capable of surviving in outer space.

(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A type of radiation made (or given off ) by x-ray procedures, radioactive substances, rays that enter the Earth's atmosphere from outer space, and other sources.

(Ionizing radiation, NCI Dictionary)

Vaterite was often associated with outer space and had been detected in planetary objects in the Solar System and meteorites.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)

During this process, other waves that compress along the direction they travel from outer space collide with Earth's magnetosphere and trigger the formation of EMIC waves.

(Scientists deepen understanding of magnetic fields that surround Earth, National Science Foundation)

Eggs of crustaceans and caviar of African toothcarp fish also managed to survive in outer space for 2.5 years, with the embryos revived after returning to Earth.

(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)