space

n//speɪs//

rymd, rum, utrymme, världsrymd, mellanrum, mellanslag

  1. A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something). [from 14thc.]

  2. The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. [from 17thc.]

  3. The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom. [from 20thc.]

  4. A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16thc.]

  5. (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). [from 20thc.]

  6. (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.

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