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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The regions beyond the gravitational influence of Earth encompassing interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic space.
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- noun All of space beyond the
gravitational influence ofEarth , or outside theSolar System
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- noun any region in space outside the solar system
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vanishedone commented on the word deep space
Apparently coined in 1934 by E.E. 'Doc' Smith, according to OUPblog's 'Nine Words You Might Think Came from Science but Which Are Really from Science Fiction '.
April 6, 2009