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Definitions for Interstellar
ˌɪn tərˈstɛl ərin·ter·stel·lar

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. interstellaradjective

    between or among stars

    "the density of hydrogen in interplanetary and interstellar space"

Wiktionary

  1. interstellaradjective

    between the stars

    It can take centuries for light to travel interstellar distances.

  2. interstellaradjective

    among the stars

    Space is littered with interstellar particles.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Interstellaradjective

    Intervening between the stars.

    Etymology: inter and stellar, Lat.

    The interstellar sky hath so much affinity with the star, that there is a rotation of that as well as of the star. Francis Bacon.

ChatGPT

  1. interstellar

    Interstellar refers to anything that is located, occurring, or traveling in the space between stars within a galaxy. It can relate to interstellar space, interstellar medium, interstellar travel, and interstellar communication, among other things. The term is often used in the context of astronomy and astrophysics.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Interstellaradjective

    between or among the stars; as, interstellar space

Wikidata

  1. Interstellar

    Interstellar is a 2014 science fiction film written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan and directed by Christopher Nolan.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Interstellar

    in-tėr-stel′ar, adj. situated beyond the solar system or among the stars: in the intervals between the stars.—Also Interstell′ary. [L. inter, between, stella, a star.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Interstellar in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Interstellar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Interstellar in a Sentence

  1. Suzanne Dodd:

    A mystery like this is sort of par for the course at this stage of the Voyager mission, the spacecraft are both almost 45 years old, which is far beyond what the mission planners anticipated. We're also in interstellar space -- a high-radiation environment that no spacecraft have flown in before. So there are some big challenges for the engineering team. But I think if there's a way to solve this issue with the AACS, our team will find it.

  2. Darryl Seligman:

    Even if there was dust in the ice matrix, you’re not sublimating the ice, you’re just rearranging the ice and then letting (hydrogen) get released. So, the dust isn’t even going to come out, what’s beautiful about Jenny’s idea is that it’s exactly what should happen to interstellar comets. We had all these stupid ideas, like hydrogen icebergs and other crazy things, and it’s just the most generic explanation.

  3. Paul Hertz:

    We can see water in the interstellar clouds from which planetary systems and stellar systems form. We can see water in the disks of debris that are going to become planetary systems around other stars, and we can even see comets being dissipated in other solar systems as [their] star evaporates them. i'm a field geologist; I go out and break open rocks and look for fossils.

  4. Helena Morais:

    ' Oumuamua is a visitor to the solar system, that was a nice and important confirmation that interstellar objects can pass by. If they pass by then they may also be captured in a stable orbit as it is the case of 2015 BZ509.

  5. Edward Stone:

    We also have galactic cosmic rays, which are out in the interstellar space trying to flow in, and some of them, only about 30 percent of what's outside, can actually reach Earth.

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