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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As a result, physicists were left with no theory of “quantum gravity” to explain what happened when the realms of inner space and outer space collided, as in the Big Bang or inside black holes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
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
He added, “I love the inner space of Todd’s work with actors and characters. I always feel he’s interested equally, if not more, in what’s happening below the lines.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
Instead of outer space, TV has spent the past decade obsessing over inner space, the Philip K. Dick stuff, over and over.
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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