Full record for outer space n.
| Definition | the region of space beyond the earth's atmosphere or beyond the solar system. In extended use: a place or region beyond the usual limits of awareness or accessibility |
| OED requirements | antedating 1842 |
| Earliest cite | E. S. Wortley 'Maiden of Moscow' |
| Comment | Fred Galvin submitted a cite from no later than 1891 from the fourth edition of Richard Proctor's "Other Worlds Than Ours", and subsequently confirmed the cite in the 1874 edition. Bill Mullins submitted an 1859 cite from an article, "Discourse Commemorative of Professor Denison Olmsted, LL. D." published in "New Englander and Yale Review" August 1859. Bill Mullins submitted an 1855 cite from "Country Margins and Rambles of a Journalist", by S.H. Hammond and L.W. Mansfield
Bill Mullins submitted a cites from a magazine article, "Shooting Stars and Aërolites" in "Littell's Living Age", (November 1, 1845), reprinted from an earlier publication in Chambers' Journal.
OED entry was revised in December 2004, with an earliest date of 1842. |
| Last modified | 6 July, 2008 |