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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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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
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 such a Dinosaur as the American carnivorous Ceratosaurus the two bars of the pubis and ischium remain separate and diverging, and there is no film of bone extending over the interspace between them.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.
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 Cuyer, ?douard
The topmost boundary of the interspace is formed by the lowermost arch, and its lowermost boundary by the topmost straight ridge.
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
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