deep space
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noun
space beyond the limits of the solar system.
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| deep space | |
| —n | |
| any region of outer space beyond the system of the earth and moon | |
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Slang Dictionary
deep space
n.1. Describes the notional location of any program that has gone off the trolley. Esp. used of programs that just sit there silently grinding long after either failure or some output is expected. "Uh oh. I should have gotten a prompt ten seconds ago. The program's in deep space somewhere." Compare buzz, catatonic, hyperspace.
2. The metaphorical location of a human so dazed and/or confused or caught up in some esoteric form of bogosity that he or she no longer responds coherently to normal communication. Compare page out.
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deep space definition
1. The notional location of any program that has gone off the trolley. Especially used of programs that just sit there silently grinding long after either failure or some output is expected. "Uh oh. I should have had a prompt ten seconds ago. The program's in deep space somewhere." Compare buzz, catatonic, hyperspace.
2. The metaphorical location of a human so dazed and/or confused or caught up in some esoteric form of bogosity that he or she no longer responds coherently to normal communication.
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Example sentences
For a human, the deep sea is as alien as deep space.
The camera also found hydrogen in deep space, which led to new ideas about the birth of stars in the universe.
The spaceship could carry astronauts into deep space.
Once in deep space, it went though the same process of aggregating into comets.
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