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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
space n 1: the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" [syn: space, infinite] 2: an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" 3: an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space" 4: any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth" [syn: outer space, space] 5: a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" [syn: space, blank] 6: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance, space] 7: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: space, blank space, place] 8: one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E" 9: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad, space] v 1: place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates" | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Space \Space\ (sp[=a]s), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L. spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to E. span. Cf. Expatiate.] 1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. [1913 Webster] Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Place, having more or less extension; room. [1913 Webster] They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long had he no space to dwell [in]. --R. of Brunne. [1913 Webster] While I have time and space. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile. [1913 Webster] Put a space betwixt drove and drove. --Gen. xxxii. 16. [1913 Webster] 4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time. "Grace God gave him here, this land to keep long space." --R. of brunne. [1913 Webster] Nine times the space that measures day and night. --Milton. [1913 Webster] God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a space." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held after the new world the space. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 7. (Print.) (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters. (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books, on a computer screen, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from each other in the same line. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. [1913 Webster] 9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its atmosphere; -- called also outer space. [PJC] Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. deep space, the part of outer space which is beyond the limits of the solar system. Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. --Hansard. Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Space \Space\, v. i. [Cf. OF. espacier, L. spatiari. See Space, n.] To walk; to rove; to roam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And loved in forests wild to space. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Space \Space\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Spacong.] [Cf. F. espacer. See Space, n.] (Print.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) | ||
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