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Etymology
Origin of interspace
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at inter-, space
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Ah! the flowers cleave apart And their sweet fills the tender interspace; Ah! the leaves grown thereof were things to kiss Ere their fine gold was tarnished at the heart.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
The species in which the upper borders of the orbits approximate could be separated from those in which the frontal interspace is wider.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
Indeed, we sometimes find, placed along the inferior border of the great gluteal, a fleshy fasciculus, separated from this muscle by a slight interspace.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
Hence the electric force E in the interspace varies inversely as the distance from the axis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
The independent patterns that appear in this interspace upon the bulbs of the fingers, are those with which this book is chiefly concerned.
From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton
Their research combines caffeine with CRISPR, a powerful gene editing tool known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, to explore new ways to treat chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
CRISPR, an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, operates like a molecular scalpel to make incisions in DNA.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023
The gene editing technology is called CRISPR-Cas9, the first part an acronym for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
For a while, the Broadmarsh's mix of big, high street outlets, interspaced with burger bars and the occasional local name, drew in customers.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2021
Wondrously, it was a clean and cool and, as who should say, quiet and amply interspaced Naples—in tune with itself, no harsh jangle of forestieri vulgarising the concert.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
This idea of interspacing filled in with non-combustible material has been generally followed ever since.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
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