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Meaning of "interstice" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTERSTICE

From Latin interstitium interval, from intersistere, from inter- + sistere to stand.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERSTICE

interstice  [ɪnˈtɜːstɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERSTICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Interstice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERSTICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Interstitial

An interstitial space or interstice is an empty space or gap between spaces full of structure or matter. In particular, interstitial may refer to...

Definition of interstice in the English dictionary

The definition of interstice in the dictionary is a minute opening or crevice between things. Other definition of interstice is the space between adjacent atoms in a crystal lattice.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERSTICE


Alcestis
ælˈsɛstɪs
armistice
ˈɑːmɪstɪs
cactoblastis
ˌkæktəʊˈblɑːstɪs
hostess
ˈhəʊstɪs
hydrastis
haɪˈdræstɪs
injustice
ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs
justice
ˈdʒʌstɪs
ovotestis
ˌəʊvəʊˈtɛstɪs
pastis
pæˈstɪs
pneumocystis
ˌnjuːməʊˈsɪstɪs
sarcocystis
ˌsɑːkəʊˈsɪstɪs
solstice
ˈsɒlstɪs
testis
ˈtɛstɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERSTICE

interstadial
interstage
interstate
interstation
interstellar
interstellar medium
interstellar space
interstellary
intersterile
intersterility
interstimulus
interstitial
interstitial cell-stimulating hormone
interstitial-cell-stimulating hormone
interstitially
interstrain
interstrand
interstratified
interstratify
intersubjective

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERSTICE

bring to justice
chief justice
College of Justice
court of justice
do oneself justice
European Court of Justice
High Court of Justice
International Court of Justice
Lord Chief Justice
miscarriage of justice
natural justice
notice
obstruction of justice
poetic justice
practice
restorative justice
rough justice
street justice
summer solstice
winter solstice

Synonyms and antonyms of interstice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTERSTICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «interstice» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of interstice
aperture · chink · cleft · crack · cranny · crevice · fissure · gap · interval · opening · rift · slit · space · vent

Translation of «interstice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERSTICE

Find out the translation of interstice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of interstice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «interstice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空隙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intersticio
570 millions of speakers

English

interstice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

interstice
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

промежуток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interstício
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফাঁক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interstice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Interstis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwischenraum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

隙間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간극
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Interstice
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

interstice
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிற்றிடைவெளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çatlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interstizio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczelina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проміжок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interstițiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

interstice
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tussen ruimte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

interstice
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mellomrommet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of interstice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERSTICE»

The term «interstice» is regularly used and occupies the 67.999 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERSTICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «interstice» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «interstice» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about interstice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERSTICE»

Discover the use of interstice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to interstice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Basics of Crystallography and Diffraction
These ideas can, perhaps, be best understood by considering the types, sizes and numbers of interstices which occur in the ccp and simple cubic structures. In the ccp structure there are two types and sizes of interstice into which small atoms ...
Christopher Hammond, 2009
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Boundaries of Rock Mechanics: Recent Advances and Challenges ...
There are not significant difference between the calculated result on the orientation of natural interstice and the results of monitored interstice. It has fully demonstrated that there are of great consistency between the orientation of natural ...
Meifeng Cai, Jin'an Wang, 2008
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Technology of Underground Liquid Storage Tank Systems
A small tube, which was connected to the interstice, extended from the bottom of the tank to a point on a wall inside the service station building. At that end of the tube was a glass sight gauge. Liquid from the tank's interstice could be observed  ...
John P. Hartmann, 1997
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Vision Modelling and Visualization '99
Using the references in Table 1, we define a set of relations between the location of each interstice on the axis and the reference points and between each interstice and the other interstices. The first set of relations consists in the two ...
B. Girod, H. Niemann, H. P. Seidel, 1999
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Spirit Tree: Origins of Cosmology in Shintô Ritual at Hakozaki
Some interstices have more threatening cognitive aspects; others have more beneficent ones. No interstice is completely one or the other, they are all relative combinations. A preponderance of yin force denotes a threatening interstice, ...
E. Leslie Williams, 2007
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Modern Physical Metallurgy and Materials Engineering: ...
In fcc iron (austenite) the largest interstice or 'hole' is at the centre of the unit cell ( coordinates j, 5, j) where there is space for an atom of radius 52 pm, i.e. 0.41r if r is the radius of the solvent atom. A carbon atom (80 pm (0.8 A) diameter) or a ...
R. E. Smallman, Ray J. Bishop, 1999
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Problematizing Blackness: Self Ethnographies by Black ...
Now, there are two contending paradigms floating out there for thinking the interstice. For black nationalists and Afrocentrists, the interstice is no more than an absolutely unlivable space, the very painful evidence of black oppression.
Jean Muteba Rahier, Percy Hintzen, 2014
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Remembering Maternal Bodies: Melancholy in Latina and Latin ...
“[A] female speaking subject today has to walk with one foot inside and another outside the interstice that would stake the boundary of what a 'woman' may speak ” ([My emphasis] 1996, 230). Alarcón describes this interstice in various ways.
Benigno Trigo, 2006
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Inorganic Structural Chemistry
The center of the trigonal bipyramid is identical with the interstice between three atoms in the hexagonal layer; from the center, the axial atoms of the bipyramid are 41 % more distant than the equatorial atoms. If we only consider the three ...
Ulrich M]ller, 1993
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Information Networking. Towards Ubiquitous Networking and ...
Inversive distance triples: (a) Interstice exists ∑φ>2π(b) Interstice just vanishes ∑φ=2π (c) Interstice does not exist∑φ<2π The optimal scaling factor for a triple to precisely vanish its interstice ( π φ 2 ∑ = Fig. 1(b)) depends on the ratios ...
Teresa Vazão, Mário M. Freire, Ilyoung Chong, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERSTICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term interstice is used in the context of the following news items.
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Art and Alzheimer's - Providence Journal
... "Interstice: Memory, Mind and Alzheimer's Disease," which opened Thursday night at the Cohen Gallery at Brown University's Granoff Center. «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
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Art exhibition listings
His latest solo exhibition, Interstice (間隙), which is held at Michael Ku Gallery in Taipei, is aptly titled in the sense that Lin sees himself as ... «Taipei Times, Jul 15»
3
Twisted oaks and tales on the trail of Devon's pygmy forest
... and in the most fantastic wreathings insinuated, whereon a recess, or interstice offered themselves — from the visible decay of their branches ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
4
Blood and Thunder: Battles, Blades, Brotherhood
... best exemplified by “Udder Dust” and “Hermit Interstice”. This is an extraordinary album, the strongest grind record since Gridlink's Longhena ... «PopMatters, Jun 15»
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How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco review – offering hope to …
... between appointments, devoured pages at a glance, treated each tiny interstice of the working day as a chance to judge, reflect or compose. «The Guardian, May 15»
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IN THE GAPS BETWEEN THINGS ANDREA SCRIMA with Leora …
... to what happens in the gaps between things—I always think that's where reality is, hiding in the interstice between one thought and the next, ... «Brooklyn Rail, May 15»
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U.S.-Japan: A Pacific Alliance Transformed
If successful, Washington and Tokyo will look back at the years 1997-2015 as an interstice between an alliance with a narrow bilateral focus on ... «The Diplomat, May 15»
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Review: Quentin Dupieux's 'Reality' Is A Mind-Itch Worth Scratching
But mostly the fun of “Reality” lies not in divining any particular subtext or grand overarching theme, but in trying to see the interstice between ... «Indie Wire, Apr 15»
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Carilion Exhibit Seeks to Capture Power of Art in Fostering Empathy
Dozens of exhibiting artists have used a range of mediums to capture the creativity, humanity, and grace found in that interstice. The free ... «The Roanoke Star, Apr 15»
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DARK WITCHES, SHAPESHIFTERS AND SKINWALKERS
The lay person on the street is easier to trick, because they can't see the illusion of false promises, dangling before them. I call this deception, the Dark Interstice. «UFODigest, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Interstice [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/interstice>. May 2024 ».
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