interstellar
adjEtymology From inter- + stellar.
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Between the stars.
- It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.
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Among the stars.
- Space is littered with interstellar particles.
- Approximately 5 billion years ago, our solar nebula was formed as gravitational forces pulled interstellar gas and dust into a swirling mass around out newly formed sun.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
- Synonyms
- intersidereal
- Derived terms
- interstellar cloud, interstellar comet, interstellar extinction, interstellar medium, interstellar planet, interstellar polarization, interstellar ramjet, interstellar space, interstellar wind