deep space

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deep space - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Space \Space\ (sp[=a]s), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L.
     spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to
     E. span. Cf. Expatiate.]
     1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it
        may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable
        and possible.
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              Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor
              motion.                               --Locke.
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     2. Place, having more or less extension; room.
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              They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare;
              Long had he no space to dwell [in].   --R. of
                                                    Brunne.
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              While I have time and space.          --Chaucer.
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     3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one
        thing to another; an interval between any two or more
        objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the
        sound was heard for the space of a mile.
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              Put a space betwixt drove and drove.  --Gen. xxxii.
                                                    16.
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     4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time;
        duration; time. "Grace God gave him here, this land to
        keep long space." --R. of brunne.
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              Nine times the space that measures day and night.
                                                    --Milton.
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              God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a
              people a longer space of repentance.  --Tillotson.
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     5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a
        space." --Spenser.
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     6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]
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              This ilke [same] monk let old things pace,
              And held after the new world the space. --Chaucer.
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     7. (Print.)
        (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so
            as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to
            separate words or letters.
        (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in
            the lines, or between lines, as in books, on a
            computer screen, etc.
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     Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the
           compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from
           each other in the same line.
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     8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the
        lines of the staff.
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     9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its
        atmosphere; -- called also outer space.
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     Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under
        Absolute, Euclidian, etc.
  
     deep space, the part of outer space which is beyond the
        limits of the solar system.
  
     Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers
        to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each
        other, and for other purposes; a lead. --Hansard.
  
     Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the
        same height as the type, used in printing short lines in
        tabular matter.
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deep space - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deep space
      n 1: any region in space outside the solar system

deep space - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  deep space
  
     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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deep space - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.