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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•stice /ɪnˈtɜrstɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -stic•es /-stəˌsiz, -stəsɪz/.USA pronunciation - a small or narrow space between things or parts:the interstices between the slats of a fence.
See -stit-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•stice (in tûr′stis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -stic•es (-stə sēz′, -stə siz).USA pronunciation - an intervening space.
- a small or narrow space or interval between things or parts, esp. when one of a series of alternating uniform spaces and parts:the interstices between the slats of a fence.
- Religion[Rom. Cath. Ch.]the interval of time that must elapse, as required by canon law, before promotion to a higher degree of orders.
- an interval of time.
- Latin interstitium, equivalent. to interstit-, variant stem of intersistere to stand or put between + -ium -ium
- 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: interstice /ɪnˈtɜːstɪs/ n (usually plural)- a minute opening or crevice between things
- the space between adjacent atoms in a crystal lattice
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin interstitium interval, from intersistere, from inter- + sistere to stand |