interstellar medium

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Noun

interstellar medium

1. (astronomy) The matter that exists in the space between star systems in a galaxy, including gas, dust, and cosmic rays.

Synonyms

• ISM (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• ISM (abbreviation)

Related terms

• intracluster medium (ICM)
• intergalactic medium (IGM)
• interplanetary medium (IPM)
• extragalactic medium (EGM)
• extra-cluster medium (ECM)

• interstellar space

Translations

matter existing between star systems

Chinese: Mandarin: 星際物質 / 星际物质 (xīngjì wùzhì) Finnish: tähtienvälinen aine Georgian: ვარსკვლავთშორისი სივრცე (varsḳvlavtšorisi sivrce) Hindi: अंतरतारकीय माध्यम m (antratārkīya mādhyam) Irish: meán idir-réaltach m Japanese: 星間物質 (ja) (せいかんぶっしつ, seikanbusshitsu) Kazakh: жұлдызаралық орта (jūldyzaralyq orta) Korean: 성간매질(星間媒質) (seongganmaejil), 성간물질(星間物質) (seongganmuljil) Malayalam: നക്ഷത്രാന്തരീയ മാദ്ധ്യമം (nakṣatrāntarīya māddhyamaṁ) Polish: ośrodek międzygwiazdowy m Thai: มวลสารระหว่างดาว Ukrainian: міжзо́ряне середо́вище n (mižzórjane seredóvyšče) Vietnamese: môi trường liên sao (媒場聯𣋀)

See also

• interplanetary space
• intergalactic space
• extragalactic space
• deep space
• near space
• outer space
• Earthspace
• space