Interstice

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interstice \In*ter"stice\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Interstices}. [L.
     interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to
     set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See {Stand}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. That which intervenes between one thing and another;
        especially, a space between things closely set, or between


        the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a
        crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a
        wall.
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     2. An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the
        plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between
        the reception of the various degrees of orders.
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              Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin.
                                                    --Addis &
                                                    Arnold.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interstice
       n 1: a small structural space between tissues or parts of an
            organ; "the interstices of a network"
       2: small opening between things

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "interstice":
     caesura, clearance, discontinuity, distance between, double space,
     em space, en space, freeboard, hair space, half space, hiatus,
     interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interval,
     jump, lacuna, leap, leeway, margin, room, single space, space,
     space between, time interval