outer space

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Etymology

From outer + space.

Noun

outer space (uncountable)

1. Region outside explored space.
2. Any region of space beyond limits determined with reference to boundaries of a celestial system or body, especially the region of space immediately beyond Earth's atmosphere
3. A bluish shade of black

   outer space (Pantone) colour:

   outer space (Crayola) colour:

Quotations

Outer space (noun)

• 1842 - Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Maiden of Moscow (1842).

  The World--that rocks--and heaves--and beams!--

  A Stormy Sun, itself it gleams!--

  Keeps this, indeed, its place of old?--

  All seems down steep Destruction rolled!

  All Earth in madness moved,--o'erthrown,

  To outer space--driven--racked--undone!

• 1849 - Thomas Buchanan Read, Lays and ballads (1849).

  DEATH.

  What they who find me make me---Shall we go?

  OLD MAN.

  Whither?

  DEATH.

  Upward---and onward, into outer space,

  Where she, thy kindred spirit, waiteth thee.

Translations

region

• Arabic: فضاء خارجي (ar) (faḍāʾ xārijī)
• Catalan: espai exterior
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宇宙 (cmn) (yǔzhòu), 太空 (cmn) (tàikōng), 外層空間 (cmn), 外层空间 (cmn) (wàicéng kōngjiān)

• Finnish: ulkoavaruus (fi)
• French: espace cosmique (fr) m, cosmos (fr) m
• German: Weltraum (de) m, All (de) n, Weltall (de) n
• Hebrew: החלל החיצון (he) (hakhalál hakhitzón)
• Icelandic: geimurinn (is) m
• Italian: spazio cosmico (it) m, cosmo (it) m

• Japanese: 宇宙 (ja) (うちゅう, uchū), 宇宙空間 (ja) (うちゅうくうかん, uchūkūkan)
• Malay: angkasa lepas (ms)
• Navajo: yágháhonikáán
• Persian: فضای بیرونی (fa) (fazâ-ye biruni)
• Polish: kosmos (pl) m, przestrzeń kosmiczna (pl) f
• Russian: космос (ru) (kósmos) m, открытый космос (ru) (otkrýtyj kósmos) m, космическое пространство (ru) (kosmíčeskoje prostránstvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: vasiona f, vaseljena f, svemir m

• Swedish: yttre rymden (sv)

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• Spanish: espacio exterior

See also

• Appendix:Colors