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danger space

[′dān·jər ‚spās]
(ordnance)
That portion of the range within which a target of given dimensions could be hit by a projectile with a given angle of fall.
Space around the bursting point of an antiaircraft projectile.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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