KUIPER BELT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Edgeworth-Kuiper belt; Kuiper belt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

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

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

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