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Etymology
Origin of interspace
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at inter-, space
Example Sentences
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In Loops, the interspace is filled with a system of ridges that bends back upon itself, and in which no one ridge turns through a complete circle.
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
Carina; the interspace between the carina and the scuta and terga is not wide.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In some places, beds of coal or slate alternate with layers of the lime rock; in others, the interspace is clay and sand.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
Whenever a favourable interspace of this character occurred, the dragoons endeavoured to form and use the advantage it presented for effecting a charge.
From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. by De Quincey, Thomas
These scales are generally small, and placed symmetrically in close whorls, in an imbricated order, with each scale corresponding to the interspace between two scales in the whorls above and below.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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