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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Material, mostly hydrogen gas, other gases, and dust, occupying the space between the stars and providing the raw material for the formation of new stars.
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- noun interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars
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