An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The material contained in the → solar system in the space through which the planets travel. It consists of the smaller objects such as → asteroids, → comets, → meteorites and also a general pervading → interplanetary dust. Moreover a → plasma of charged particles streaming outward from the Sun in the form of the → solar wind contributes to the interplanetary medium.

→ interplanetary; → medium.

Same as → interplanetary medium.

→ interplanetary; → space.

In a series of numerical values, the operation performed to find a number or value which is not present but which can be derived approximately from those that are present.

Verbal noun of interpolate, from L. interpolatus, p.p. of interpolare "to make new, refurbish, alter," from → inter- + polare, related to polire "to smoothe, polish."

Andaryâbeš, from andar-, → inter-, + yâbeš "finding," verbal noun of yâftan, yâbidan "to find, discover; to obtain, acquire;" Mid.Pers. ayâftan, ayâpênitan "to reach, attain;" Manichean Mid.Pers. 'y'b "to attain;" Parthian, Sogdian (+ *pati-) pty'b "to reach, obtain;" Av. ap- "to reach, overtake," apayeiti "achieved, reached;" Skt. âp- "to reach, gain," âpnoti "reaches, gains;" Gk. hapto, haptomai "to touch, cling to, adhere to;" L. apiscor "touch, reach;" PIE base *ap- "to take, reach."

1) To give or provide the meaning of. To ascribe a particular meaning or significance to something. To try to make understandable something that is dense, complicated, or ambiguous. Related concept: → explain.
2) Physics: To relate a mathematical → formalism to physical → observables. → interpretation.

From M.E. interpreten, from L. interpretari "explain, expound, understand," from interpres "agent, translator," from → inter- + pres of uncertain origin.

Âzand, from â- nuance/intensive prefix + Mid.Pers. zand "interpretation, commentary; knowledge" (zandik "gnostic; heretic"); Av. zan- "to know, recognize;" O.Pers. dan- "to know" (Mid./Mod.Pers. dân-, dânestan "to know"); variant O.Pers./Av. xšnā- "to know, learn, come to know, recognize" (Mid./Mod.Pers. šenâxtan, šenâs- "to recognize, to know" ); cf. Skt. jñā- "to recognize, know," jānāti "he knows;" Gk. gignoskein "to know, think, judge," cognate with L. gnoscere, noscere "to come to know" (Fr. connaître; Sp. conocer); O.E. cnawan, E. know; Rus. znat "to know;" PIE base *gno- "to know" + -idan infinitive suffix; kardan verb of compound infinitives, → -ize.

1) The act of interpreting; elucidation; explication.
2) Physics: Providing relations between the mathematical symbols of a → formalism and physical → observables. → Copenhagen Interpretation.

Verbal noun of → interpret.

Stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process).

From L. interruptus, p.p. of interrumpere "break apart, break through," from → inter- "between" + rumpere "to break," → rupture.

Andarsalidan, from andar-, → inter-, + salidan, as in gosalidan "to break; to snap asunder," → fault.

1) A person or thing that interrupts.
2) Electricity: A device for interrupting or periodically opening and closing a circuit (Dictionary.com).

→ interrupt; → -er.

The action of interrupting or being interrupted.

Verbal noun from → interrupt.

To cut or divide by passing through or across: a comet intersecting Earth's orbit.
Geometry: Of lines, to meet and cross at a point.

From L. intersectus, p.p. of intersecarer, from → inter- + secare "to cut."

Andarboridan, from andar-, → inter-, + boridan "to cut," from Mid.Pers. britan, brinitan "to cut off;" Av. brāy-, present tense brin-, only with suffix pairi-, "to cut off;" cf. Skt. bhri- "to hurt, injure," bhrinanti "they hurt."
Andarsekanjidan, from andar-, → inter-, + sekanjidan [Dehxodâ] "to cut, scrape, pare;" Mid.Pers. škastan, škenn- "to break," Mod.Pers. šekastan "to beak, split," present stem šekan-; Av. scind-, scand "to beak, cleave;" Proto-Iranian *skand- "to beak, cleave;" PIE sken- "to cut off."

The act, process, or result of intersecting.
Math.: A set of elements common to sets A and B, denoted by A ∩ B. → section.

Verbal noun of → intersect.

Referring to the medium or objects lying in the space between stars in our Galaxy or outer galaxies.

→ inter- + → stellar.

The absorption of light from stars and other objects by intervening gas and dust in interstellar space.

→ interstellar; → absorption.

A huge structure of ionized gas blown into the interstellar medium by the winds of supernovae and massive stars. → Local Bubble.

→ interstellar; → bubble.

An aggregation of gas and dust in the → interstellar medium containing large quantities of atoms, molecules, and dust. There are several types of interstellar clouds, such as → diffuse interstellar clouds, → dark clouds, → molecular clouds.

→ diffuse; → cloud.

An aggregation of → dust grains in the space between stars. Interstellar dust absorbs, scatters, and polarizes the light from distant stars, causing the → interstellar extinction. Large dark regions in the plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies are caused by → intervening clouds of dust. The conclusive proof for the presence of a general and selective interstellar absorption is due to R. J. Trumpler (1930). See also → reddening; → very small grain; → big grain; → PAH.

→ interstellar; → dust.

→ dust grain.

→ interstellar; → dust; → grain.

The dimming of light traveling in the interstellar space due to the combined effects of absorption and scattering by interstellar dust particles. Interstellar extinction increases at shorter (bluer) wavelengths, resulting in → interstellar reddening.

→ interstellar; → extinction.

Gas, mostly hydrogen, in the interstellar space found in a variety of forms: molecular, atomic, ionized, plasma.

→ interstellar; → gas.

Irregularly shaped → dust grains that occur in the → interstellar medium. They are mostly composed of carbon and/or silicates and measure a fraction of micron across.

→ interstellar; → grains.

A spectral line formed in the interstellar medium, in particular an absorption line which does not participate in the periodic Doppler shift of intrinsic absorption lines in a binary star.

→ interstellar; → line.