interstice
English
Etymology
Old French interstice, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin interstitium.
Pronunciation
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Noun
interstice (plural interstices)
- A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or components of a multiconductor electrical cable or between atoms in a crystal.
- (figurative) A fragment of space.
- 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 10 August 2014:
- Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.
- An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.
- (by extension) A small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:interstice.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
small opening or space
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fragment of space
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Roman Catholicism: interval between attainment of different degrees of an order
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small interval of time
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Further reading
- “interstice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “interstice”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Noun
interstice m (plural interstices)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “interstice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.