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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
caesura, clearance, discontinuity, distance between, double space, em space, en space, freeboard, hair space, half space, hiatus, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interval, jump, lacuna, leap, leeway, margin, room, single space, space, space between, time interval
Dictionary Results for interstice:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
interstice
    n 1: a small structural space between tissues or parts of an
         organ; "the interstices of a network"
    2: small opening between things

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   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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