From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia] [2015]
*** Etymology
[en] From late [en], from [en] or directly from [en], ultimately from [la],
from [la].[1][2]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A small opening or space between object s, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cord s in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atom s in a crystal .
2. * 1887 , [Osborne Reynolds] , _Experiments showing Dilatancy_ , in _Notices of the Proceedings, Volume 11_ , [Royal Institution] , page 360 (see https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9JVscuBcAw8C&pg=PA360&dq=%22interstice%22%7C%22interstices%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBuub1tpeIAxV2GjQIHeV2CW8Q6AF6BAhmEAI#v=onepage&q=%22interstice%22%7C%22interstices%22&f=false) ,
3. *: The tide leaves the sand, though apparently dry on the surface, with all its INTERSTICES perfectly full of water which is kept up to the surface of the sand by capillary attraction; at the same time the water is percolating through the sand from the sands above where the capillary action is not sufficient to hold the water. When the foot falls on this water-saturated sand it tends to change its shape, but it cannot do this without enlarging the INTERSTICES —without drawing in more water. This is a work of time, so that the foot is gone again before the sand has yielded.
4. [en] A fragment of space.
5. * [en]
6. An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degree s of an order .
7. [en] A small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal.
**** Quotations
- [en]
**** Synonyms
- [small opening or space between objects] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:interspace or Thesaurus:hole
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Related terms
[en]
**** Translations
[small opening or space]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Irish: [ga]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [crevice] [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
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[fragment of space]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
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[Roman Catholicism: interval between attainment of different degrees of an
order]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
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[small interval of time]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Russian: ( [ru] ) [ru]
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- Spanish: [es]
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*** References
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
[reflist]
*** Further reading
- [Interstices (Catholicism)]
- [Interstitial space (architecture)]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fr] [en]
2. gap , interval
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]