interspace

A space or interval between two things; an interstice

Noun

  1. A space or interval between two things; an interstice
    • 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...
    • 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:
    • 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:

Origin

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

Forms

interspaces

Synonyms

break gap space interlapse interspace interstice interstitium opening separation

Hypernyms

interval

Hyponyms

hole

Related

interim

Verb

  1. To place (things) spaced out between other things.
  2. 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...

Forms

interspaces interspacing interspaced