interspace en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin interspatium. By surface analysis, inter- + space.
Meanings
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A space or interval between two things; an interstice
Tess sat up in bed, lost in a vague interspace between a dream and this information.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 49:It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.
1818 [1809–10], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend, footnote; republished as “Essay XIII”, in The Friend: A Series of Essays, London: Bell & Daldy, 1867, page 55:In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace […]
1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and Ankle Pain, page 331:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| interspaces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
opening · break · gap · separation · interlapse · interstitium · space · interspace · interstice
Translations (1)
bg промеждутък (A space or interval between two things)