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interstitial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪntəɹˈstɪʃəl/ (General-American)
• /ɪntəˈstɪʃəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Latin interstitiālis. By surface analysis, interstitium + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
   • Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt. 2014 August 23, Neil Hegarty, “Hidden City: Adventures and Explorations in Dublin by Karl Whitney, review: 'a necessary corrective' [print version: Re-Joycing in Dublin, p. R25]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
   • The outer surface is covered with variable amounts of dental plaque and saliva. The inner surface is bathed in interstitial fluid or lymph. 1965, Jerome F. Fredrick, Murray L. Schole, Mechanisms of Dental Caries, page 761:
   • The interstitial fluid is located between cells and the capillaries. This fluid provides a bridge between the fluid in the intravascular compartment and the intracellular compartment. Chemicals in the blood must pass through the interstitial fluid if they are to reach cells. 2011, Chris Mulryan, Acute Illness Management, page 27:
   • The novel's interstitial chapters.
   • That he ran the risk of blowing out the stained-glass windows was of no consequence since no one liked them anyway, and the paper mill fumes were gnawing at the interstitial lead. 1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon:

Deriveds

interstitial nephritis · bronchointerstitial · interstitially · prestitial · noninterstitial · tubulointerstitial · interstitial space · interstitial fluid · interstitial lung disease

Relateds

interstice · interstition

Translations (22)

pl śródmiąższowy (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · de zwischenliegend (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · nl tussenliggend (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · ru щели́стый (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · ro interstițial (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · ru внутритка́невый (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · es intersticial (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · nl interstitieel (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · fi rako- (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · ca intersticial (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · pl interstycjalny (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · fr interstitiel (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · de Zwischen- (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · nl met betrekking tot een tussenruimte (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · hy միջնակա (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · ru промежу́точный (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · hy միջանկյալ (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · gl intersticial (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · it interstiziale (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · cmn 間質 /间质 (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · fi väli- (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice) · pt intersticial (of, relating to, or situated in an interstice)

interstitial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪntəɹˈstɪʃəl/ (General-American)
• /ɪntəˈstɪʃəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin interstitiālis. By surface analysis, interstitium + -al.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A web page, usually carrying advertising, displayed when leaving one content page for another.
   • Interstitials should be used sparingly. Display an ad only the first time the user accesses a piece of content, not every time. 2007, Barbara Ballard, Designing the Mobile User Experience, page 126:
   • An interstitial appeared before the download.
2. An interstitial discontinuity in a crystal.
   • 2008, E. G. Seebauer et al., Defect Engineering for Ultrashallow Junctions using Surfaces, in P. J. Timans, E. P. Gusev, H. Iwai, D.-L. Kwong, M. C. Öztürk, F. Roozeboom (editors), Advanced Gate Stack, Source/Drain, and Channel Engineering for Si-Based CMOS 4: New Materials, Processes, and Equipment, ECS Transactions: Volume 13, Issue 1, page 56, The second mechanism, which is the primary focus of the present paper, involves insertion of interstitials into dangling bonds at the surface.

Forms

Translations (15)

pt interstício (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · nl interstitieel (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · de Interstitial (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · pl atom międzywęzłowy (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · pt anúncio intersticial (web page displayed before a content page) · es intersticial (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · fi välisijavirhe (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · de Interstitial (web page displayed before a content page) · hy հանգուցամեջ (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · ru междоу́злие (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · pl interstitial (web page displayed before a content page) · de Zwischengitteratom (interstitial discontinuity in a crystal) · fr publicité interstitielle (web page displayed before a content page) · fi väli-ikkuna (web page displayed before a content page) · ru вста́вка (web page displayed before a content page)