EDGEWORTH-KUIPER BELT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Edgeworth-Kuiper belt mean? 

• EDGEWORTH-KUIPER BELT (noun)
  The noun EDGEWORTH-KUIPER BELT has 1 sense:

1. a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune

  Familiarity information: EDGEWORTH-KUIPER BELT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDGEWORTH-KUIPER BELT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Edgeworth-Kuiper belt; Kuiper belt

Hypernyms ("Edgeworth-Kuiper belt" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Holonyms ("Edgeworth-Kuiper belt" is a member of...):

solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)