space
infinite | the unlimited expanse in which everything is located, they tested his ability to locate objects in space, the boundless regions of the infinite |
| absolute space | physical space independent of what occupies it |
| phase space | (physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance, a multidimensional phase space |
installation
installing
installment
instalment | the act of installing something (as equipment), the telephone installation took only a few minutes |
| space walk | any kind of physical activity outside a spacecraft by one of the crew |
spaceflight
space travel
spacefaring | a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere |
| dead-air space | an unventilated area where no air circulates |
facility
installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry, the assembly plant is an enormous facility |
| hair space | (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters |
| military installation | any facility servicing military forces |
naval installation
shore station | military installation servicing naval forces |
| quad space | (printing) a block of type without a raised letter, used for spacing between words or sentences |
| space bar | the bar-shaped typewriter key that introduces spaces when used |
space capsule
capsule | a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space |
spacecraft
ballistic capsule
space vehicle | a craft capable of traveling in outer space, technically, a satellite around the sun |
| space heater | heater consisting of a selfontained (usually portable) unit to warm a room |
| space helmet | a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space |
| Space Needle | a towerfeet tall in Seattle, a tourist attraction |
| space probe | a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere, makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation |
| space rocket | a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space |
| space shuttle | a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere |
space station
space platform
space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
| storage space | the area in any structure that provides space for storage |
| pleural space | the small potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of the pleura |
pericardial cavity
pericardial space | the space between the layers of the pericardium that contains fluid that lubricates the membrane surfaces and allows easy heart movement |
| subarachnoid space | a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid |
| visual space | the visual perception of space |
space lattice
crystal lattice
Bravais lattice | a -dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal |
| space program | a technological program intended to explore outer space |
space-time
space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
| space medicine | the branch of medicine concerned with the effects of space flight on human beings |
exobiology
space biology
astrobiology | the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life |
space blank space
place | a blank area, write your name in the space provided |
space
blank | a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing, he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet |
| space | one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff, the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E |
initiation
induction
installation | a formal entry into an organization or position or office, his initiation into the club, he was ordered to report for induction into the army, he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame |
mathematical space
topological space | (mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind, assume that the topological space is finite dimensional |
| null space | a space that contains no points, and empty space |
| metric space | a set of points such that for every pair of points there is a nonnegative real number called their distance that is symmetric and satisfies the triangle inequality |
| Euclidean space | a space in which Euclid's axioms and definitions apply, a metric space that is linear and finite-dimensional |
| Hilbert space | a metric space that is linear and complete and (usually) infinite-dimensional |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight |
Air Force Space Command
AFSPC | a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations |
outer space
space | any location outside the Earth's atmosphere, the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether, the first major milestone in space exploration was in , when the USSR's Sputnik orbited the Earth |
| interplanetary space | the part of outer space within the solar system |
| interstellar space | the space between stars |
| intergalactic space | the space between galaxies, the Milky Way travels through intergalactic space |
| deep space | any region in space outside the solar system |
| airspace air space | the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth |
crawlspace
crawl space | low space beneath a floor of a building, gives workers access to wiring or plumbing |