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interspace en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • ĭnʹtər-spās
  • ĭnʹtə-spās
  • /ˈɪntɚspeɪs/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɪntəspeɪs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interspatium. By surface analysis, inter- + space.

Meanings

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
interspaces Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

interval

Hyponyms

hole

Relateds

interim

Synonyms

opening · break · gap · separation · interlapse · interstitium · space · interspace · interstice

Translations (1)

bg промеждутък (A space or interval between two things)

interspace en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • ĭn-tər-spāsʹ
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪntəˈspeɪs/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɪntɚˈspeɪs/
  • ĭn-tə-spāsʹ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interspatium. By surface analysis, inter- + space.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To place (things) spaced out between other things.
  2. (transitive) To sow or seed (an area) with things spaced out between other things.
    • When such species as European larch, white pine, or black walnut are widely spaced, in order to promote the most rapid growth, it may be advisable to interspace the area with some more tolerant and slower-growing species. 1916, Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, numbers 151-175, page 18:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
interspaced Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
interspaced Tense=Past lexicographic
interspaces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
interspacing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic