interspace

American  

[in-ter-speys, in-ter-speys] / ˈɪn tərˌspeɪs, ˌɪn tərˈspeɪs /

noun

1. a space between things.

2. an intervening period of time; interval.

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verb (used with object)

interspaced, interspacing

1. to put a space between.

2. to occupy or fill the space between.

interspace British  

/ ˌɪntəˈspeɪʃəl /

verb

1. (tr) to make or occupy a space between

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noun

1. space between or among things

Other Word Forms

• interspatial adjective
• interspatially adverb

Etymology

Origin of interspace

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; inter-, space

Example Sentences

The independent patterns that appear in this interspace upon the bulbs of the fingers, are those with which this book is chiefly concerned.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

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

At the fourth right cartilage or the third interspace, the dullness is from one to two centimeters from the edge of the sternum.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

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 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