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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 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. 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 Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin. --Addis & Arnold. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: interstice n 1: a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ: "the interstices of a network" 2: small opening between things
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