inner space
Britishnoun
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the environment beneath the surface of the sea
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the human mind regarded as being as unknown or as unfathomable as space
Example Sentences
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Gravity rules outer space, shaping galaxies and indeed the whole universe, whereas quantum mechanics rules inner space, the arena of atoms and elementary particles.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022
Their inner space is explored as evocatively as their outward demeanour.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2020
During this sojourn into inner space, Queen Kane handily reveals her true reason for hunting a heretic roaming her lands.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2019
“Discovery” often thrums and sizzles with TV’s modern moves — including a nod to our beloved, wait-what? adventures in inner space, when the ship accidentally spore-hops into an alternate universe.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018
He liked the loneliness of inner space, the sense of being forgotten by the world.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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