Found 2 items, similar to interstice.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: interstice
interstice
n 1: a small structural space between tissues or parts of an
organ;
“the interstices of a network”
2: small opening between things
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Interstice
Interstice
\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.]
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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.
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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.
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Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin.
--Addis &
Arnold.
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