About The Word Interstice
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Interstice
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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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Interstice: Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 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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