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Origin of interspace
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at inter-, space
Example Sentences
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Smith half led, half carried his charge up to the road and then left him to go and back the car over the three hundred-odd yards of the interspace.
From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis
Edison consisted in fixing two segment-shaped copper conductors in a steel tube, the interspace between the conductors and the tube being filled in with a bitumen compound.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
For indeed that short interspace of time shines out in my remembrance like a thick thread of gold in a woof of homespun.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
In fresh specimens, the orange ring at the top of the peduncle, and the broad purplish interspace between the carina and other valves, are characteristic.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
But when we scrutinise the interspace, we see that there is a path.
From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur
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