Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word free-space.

Examples

  • A hydrogen/oxygen rocket with a propellant fraction of 0.96 would have a free-space delta-v of almost 15 km/s; it could reach escape velocity with a lot left over.

    More Ares Woes - NASA Watch 2009

  • All doable in free-space without the dust, gravity well or harsh day-night cycle of Luna.

    Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

  • These intensity fluctuations result in data transmission errors, and these errors are serious enough to make free-space optical communication generally impractical.

    Long-range optical communication… how much would you pay? « Skulls in the Stars 2008

  • To support high-speed operation, he employed a method known as free-space optical (FSO) communication, in which the single-photon signals are sent through the open air between transmitters and receivers using telescopes.

    Discovering the encryption code for 100 percent secure, high-speed communication 2010

  • The only work to be done is to scan the linked list of local heap chunks and collect together the little spare regions at the end of each, and add them to the free-space index with them.

    Snell-Pym » Memory management 2009

  • Otherwise, if it can find an existing hole in the local heap's free-space index, it uses that.

    Snell-Pym » Memory management 2009

  • Not only must various beings emerge in this free-space so Dasein can encounter them, but, because it is a being, the self must also depend on this openness in order to benefit from its own capability of "awareness."

    enowning enowning 2007

  • Not only must various beings emerge in this free-space so Dasein can encounter them, but, because it is a being, the self must also depend on this openness in order to benefit from its own capability of "awareness."

    Archive 2007-07-01 enowning 2007

  • In the Kant book, which Heidegger discusses at length Dasein's transcendence, he calls this area of openness a "free-space" or "play-space" Spiel-Raum.

    Archive 2007-07-01 enowning 2007

  • In the Kant book, which Heidegger discusses at length Dasein's transcendence, he calls this area of openness a "free-space" or "play-space" Spiel-Raum.

    enowning enowning 2007

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.