[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

space \space\ sp=as, 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.
      1913 webster

            pure space is capable neither of resistance nor
            motion.                               --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. place, having more or less extension; room.
      1913 webster

            they gave him chase, and hunted him as hare;
            long had he no space to dwell in.   --r. of
                                                  brunne.
      1913 webster

            while i have time and space.          --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            put a space betwixt drove and drove.  --gen. xxxii.
                                                  16.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            nine times the space that measures day and night.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

            god may defer his judgments for a time, and give a
            people a longer space of repentance.  --tillotson.
      1913 webster

   5. a short time; a while. r. "to stay your deadly strife a
      space." --spenser.
      1913 webster

   6. walk; track; path; course. obs.
      1913 webster

            this ilke same monk let old things pace,
            and held after the new world the space. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   note: spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the
         compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from
         each other in the same line.
         1913 webster

   8. mus. one of the intervals, or open places, between the
      lines of the staff.
      1913 webster

   9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its
      atmosphere; -- called also outer space.
      pjc

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
expatiate outer space absolute space euclidian space absolute euclidian 
deep space space line space rule 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

absolute \ab"solute\, a. l. absolutus, p. p. of absolvere: cf.
   f. absolu. see absolve.
   1. loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled;
      unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority,
      monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promise or command;
      absolute power; an absolute monarch.
      1913 webster

   2. complete in itself; perfect; consummate; faultless; as,
      absolute perfection; absolute beauty.
      1913 webster

            so absolute she seems,
            and in herself complete.              --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. viewed apart from modifying influences or without
      comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to
      relative and comparative; as, absolute motion;
      absolute time or space.
      1913 webster

   note: absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man
         in a state of nature as contradistinguished from
         relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him
         in his social relations.
         1913 webster

   4. loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other
      being; self-existent; self-sufficing.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense god is called the absolute by the theist.
         the term is also applied by the pantheist to the
         universe, or the total of all existence, as only
         capable of relations in its parts to each other and to
         the whole, and as dependent for its existence and its
         phenomena on its mutually depending forces and their
         laws.
         1913 webster

   5. capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone;
      unconditioned; non-relative.
      1913 webster

   note: it is in dispute among philosopher whether the term, in
         this sense, is not applied to a mere logical fiction or
         abstraction, or whether the absolute, as thus defined,
         can be known, as a reality, by the human intellect.
         1913 webster

               to cusa we can indeed articulately trace, word
               and thing, the recent philosophy of the absolute.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  hamilton.
         1913 webster

   6. positive; clear; certain; not doubtful. r.
      1913 webster

            i am absolute 't was very cloten.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. authoritative; peremptory. r.
      1913 webster

            the peddler stopped, and tapped her on the head,
            with absolute forefinger, brown and ringed. --mrs.
                                                  browning.
      1913 webster

   8. chem. pure; unmixed; as, absolute alcohol.
      1913 webster

   9. gram. not immediately dependent on the other parts of
      the sentence in government; as, the case absolute. see
      ablative absolute, under ablative.
      1913 webster

   absolute curvature geom., that curvature of a curve of
      double curvature, which is measured in the osculating
      plane of the curve.

   absolute equation astron., the sum of the optic and
      eccentric equations.

   absolute space physics, space considered without relation
      to material limits or objects.

   absolute terms. alg., such as are known, or which do not
      contain the unknown quantity. --davies  peck.

   absolute temperature physics, the temperature as measured
      on a scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic
      principles, and reckoned from the absolute zero.

   absolute zero physics, the be ginning, or zero point, in
      the scale of absolute temperature. it is equivalent to
      -273deg centigrade or -459.4deg fahrenheit.
      1913 webster

   syn: positive; peremptory; certain; unconditional; unlimited;
        unrestricted; unqualified; arbitrary; despotic;
        autocratic.
        1913 webster
see also:
absolve relative comparative ablative absolute ablative absolute curvature 
absolute equation absolute space absolute terms absolute temperature absolute zero 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

absolute space
     n : physical space independent of what occupies it

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Space Vehicle >> S Words
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