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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 Lloyd, John Uri
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
I have collected a handful of feeble relics—but I fear the small desert will too cruelly interspace them.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
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
The portion of the muscle which arises from the cervical ligament and the seventh cervical vertebra is often separated from the lower portion by a cellular interspace.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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