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Interstice

Interstice Meaning & Definition
Interstice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Interstice?

[n] small opening between things
[n] a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ; "the interstices of a network"

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See Also | anatomical structure | areola | bodily structure | body structure | complex body part | opening | structure

Interstice In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.] 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. 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. Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin. --Addis & Arnold.

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