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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun interstice has 2 senses
- interstice(n = noun.body) Array - a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ; "the interstices of a network" is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
- interstice(n = noun.artifact) Array - small opening between things; Array is a kind of opening
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Derived form adjective interstitial1
Derived form adjective interstitial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
interstice, n. [L. interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See Stand.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
interstice, n.
1 an intervening space.
2 a chink or crevice.
1 an intervening space.
2 a chink or crevice.
Etymology
L interstitium (as INTER-, sistere stit- stand)
THESAURUS
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 intervalROGET THESAURUS
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Interval
N interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.
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