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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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The two bands near the carina become confluent on the peduncle, and sometimes disappear; the carina is edged, and the interspace between the two scuta, coloured with the same dark tint.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
It is in the upper part of the interspace which separates these latter from the brachialis anticus that the deltoid insinuates itself to proceed to its insertion into the humerus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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 Stables, Gordon
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 Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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
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