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Origin of interspace
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at inter-, space
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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 John Uri Lloyd
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 Wanderer is double-walled, being built of well-seasoned beautiful mahogany, and lined with maple, having an interspace of about one inch and a half.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
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
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 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
On one side a steep ascent, wooded, on the other a rather abrupt slope, grass-covered and shady with interspaced trees.
From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Albert Bigelow Paine
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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