deep space
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or in the area of space beyond the gravitational influence of Earth, or outside the Solar System.
noun
All of space beyond the gravitational influence of Earth, or outside the Solar System, or distant from stars.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Bradley swore a mighty deep-space oath and braced himself against certain annihilation."
- "Human exploration of the solar system beyond Earth's orbit will entail many risks for the crew on these deep space missions."
- "Part of the time he spent in the speedster dashing hither and yon. Most of it, however, he spent in the vastly more comfortable mauler; to the armored side of which his tiny vessel clung with magnetic clamps while he slept and ate, gossiped and read, exercised and played with the mauler's officers and crew, in deep-space comradery."
- "Unlike the Apollo astronauts, who were all white men, this mission sets a number of firsts: Mr. Glover of NASA will be the first Black man to venture into deep space and Ms. Koch of NASA will be the first woman to do so."
Etymology
Coined by American science fiction author E. E. Smith in 1934 in his novel Triplanetary, first serialized in Amazing Stories. After deep sea.
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Astronomy, Physics, Places.