interspace
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- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌspeɪs/
:
interespacio
- They planted flowers in the interspaces of the garden to create a vibrant and colorful display.
- the third interspace
Examples
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The artist left an interspace between each sculpture to enhance the overall visual effect of the exhibition.
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In G1 patients, a standard thoracic epidural catheter was inserted at the T3-4 interspace prior to the end of the surgery.
Academic text (2007) -
The predominance of the female to male ratio for this condition is 5:1, and the third interspace in the foot is the most common region affected.
Academic text (2002) -
Alteration in nerve physiology from injury causes pain in the forefoot at the affected interspace.
Academic text (2002) -
Instead, companies have chosen to occupy the unutilized interspaces between the stands of carnaubas that dot the lower valley.
Academic text (1994) -
Lucetta calls the sewing machine in The Mayor of Casterbridge "a sort of agricultural piano" (238), a phrase that captures perfectly the "interspace" it occupies between the worlds of work and play.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the debate, there was an interspace of silence before the two candidates started to respond.
Synonyms
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1.0
Amount of space between two points or places
381
3.1
A period of time between two events
148
1.0
An open space between two things, like a pass in hills
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3.1
The distance or time between two points
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2.5
A space between two things that keeps them apart
15
2.9
Space between two objects
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9.8
A small narrow space between things where dust or air can pass
A small space between parts of an object
A place between two different areas where one kind of land becomes another
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Etymology
Interspace comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and space meaning 'an area or empty place'. So an interspace is simply the small area or gap 'between' two things.