Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

interstice

 
Dictionary: in·ter·stice   (ĭn-tûr'stĭs) pronunciation
n., pl., -stic·es (-stĭ-sēz', -sĭz).
A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts: "There is a gleam of luminous gold, where the sinking western sun has found a first direct interstice in the clouds" (John Fowles).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin interstitium, from *interstitus, past participle of intersistere, to pause, make a break : inter-, inter- + sistere, to cause to stand, set up.]


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Thesaurus: interstice
Top

noun

    A space or interval between objects or points: gap, interspace, interval, separation. See open/close.

Antonyms: interstice
Top

n

Definition: opening, crack
Antonyms: closing, closure


Veterinary Dictionary: interstice
Top

An interval, space or gap in a tissue or structure.

Obscure Words: interstice
Top


a gap or break in something generally continuous
Translations: Interstice
Top

Dansk (Danish)
n. - mellemrum, sprække, åbning

Nederlands (Dutch)
(nauwe) tussenruimte, spleet

Français (French)
n. - interstice

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zwischenraum, Fuge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σχισμή, ρωγμή, διάκενο

Italiano (Italian)
interstizio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - interstício (m)

Русский (Russian)
узкий проход, интервал

Español (Spanish)
n. - intersticio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mellanrum, springa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
空隙, 裂缝

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 空隙, 裂縫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 틈새, 구멍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 隙間, 割れ目, 裂け目, すき間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فترة فاصله, صدع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רווח קטן, סדק‬


 
 
Learn More
fenestration
original interstice (petrology)
interstitium

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Answers Corporation Antonyms. © 1999-2009 by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
Obscure Words. © 2008 by Michael A. Fischer http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more