Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make or occupy a space between.
- noun A space between two things; an interval.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make or fill the space between; occupy the interval between.
- noun A space between objects; an intervening space; an interval.
- noun Specifically In entomology, the space between two longitudinal veins or veinlets of the wings: used especially in describing the Lepidoptera.
- noun In osteol, one of the interstices of bone between the Haversian systems.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Intervening space.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
space orinterval between two things; aninterstice - verb To make, or to occupy such a space
Etymologies
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Examples
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Everyone's already blogging, your words will just get lost in interspace.
Randy Susan Meyers: To Blog or Not to Blog? Randy Susan Meyers 2010
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Says the notion of interspace-time transference is mathematically absurd.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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It is precisely this "interspace" to which Jelinek gives a voice in her texts when she, from her outsider position in Austrian culture, writes about those things which are suppressed in her native land.
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She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: The Høt Hands of an Oslo
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She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: The Høt Hands of an Oslo
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With every echo the interspace closes in a little more.
The Voyeur Nicolette Wong 2010
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She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law -an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
Troopergate... Ann Althouse 2008
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She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge – her brother-in-law – an
Ma baloney haz a furst name… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
Where am I? Ann Althouse 2008
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Dionysus, not only is a thing of beauty in itself, but the whole interspace swept clean of dancers owns a separate charm. 192
Oeconomicus 2007
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