antispace

plural antispaces · alternative anti-space

1. countableuncountableA space or region that violates the norms or conventions of spaces.

   The wilderness as antispace

   2008, Dag Øistein Endsjø, Primordial Landscapes, Incorruptible Bodies, page 36

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   It is antispace, home of the enemy, a creature without a face or with the face of a beast.

   2005, Evgeny Dobrenko, Eric Naiman, The Landscape of Stalinism: The Art and Ideology of Soviet Space, page 90

2. countableuncountablemathematicsA kind of topological space.

   There exists a natural one to one mapping from the class of antispaces onto itself […]

   1968, Evert Wattel, The Compactness Operator in Set Theory and Topology

alternative anti-space

1. not comparablegovernmentAgainst space.

   To the sizable antispace contingent in Congress, Nixon promised an earnest effort to "minimize technical and economic risks"

   2012, Matthew H. Hersch, Inventing the American Astronaut, →ISBN, page 144

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   Further, unlike nuclear power, with strong and organized pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear groups, there has never been a significant anti-space movement in the United States.

   1996, National Science Foundation, chapter 7, in Science and Engineering Indicators – 1996, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015

   Because of the importance of space superiority, the Air Force published new doctrine on 2 August 2004: Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-2.1, Counterspace Operations. Gen John P. Jumper, US Air Force chief of staff, asserts that "space superiority is as much about protecting our space assets as it is about preparing to counter an enemy’s space or anti-space assets" (1). The new publication (pub) defines key terms characteristic of counterspace operations and highlights factors that Airmen must take into consideration when they plan/execute those operations.

   2004, Lt. Col. Paula B. Flavell, USAF, “AFDD 2-2.1, Counterspace Operations”, in Air & Space Power Journal, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2011

   […] disruptive capabilities, such as cyber warfare, directed energy weapons, biotechnology, or antispace systems, to marginalize U.S. power.

   2009, Amos A. Jordan with William J. Taylor, Jr., Michael J. Meese, and Suzanne C. Nielsen, American National Security, →ISBN, page 285