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 |
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 |
suction curettage vacuum aspiration | a method of induced abortion, prior to the th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix |
air pump vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
cenotaph empty tomb | a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered |
dead-air space | an unventilated area where no air circulates |
dust bag vacuum bag | a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner |
empty | a container that has been emptied, return all empties to the store |
hair space | (printing) the narrowest of the spaces used to separate words or letters |
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 |
thermobaric bomb fuel-air bomb vacuum bomb volume-detonation bomb aerosol bomb | a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive, a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb |
tube vacuum tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic tube electron tube thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
vacuum vacuum cleaner | an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction |
vacuum chamber | a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed |
vacuum flask vacuum bottle | flask with double walls separated by vacuum, used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures |
vacuum gauge vacuum gage | a gauge for indicating negative atmospheric pressure |
even spacing | regularity of spacing |
spacing spatial arrangement | the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them |
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 |
double-spacing | typing that leaves alternate lines blank |
single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
triple-spacing | typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing |
palaver hot air empty words empty talk rhetoric | loud and confused and empty talk, mere rhetoric |
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 |
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 |