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Space Definition | What is Space? - PoetrySoup

Definition

[n] the unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
[n] (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
[n] a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
[n] a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
[n] one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
[n] an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
[n] 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"
[n] the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
[v] place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

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Synonyms

blank, blank space, distance, place, quad

See Also...

absolute space, abstraction, aerospace, amorphous shape, angle, area, area, cavity, character, country, crawl space, crawlspace, crenel, crenelle, disc space, disk space, emptiness, enclosed space, expanse, flies, form, gap, grapheme, graphic symbol, hole, indent, indentation, indenture, interval, lay, location, location, margin, mathematical space, musical notation, no-parking zone, opening, outer space, parking space, parking zone, place, place, pleural space, pose, position, put, seat, separation, set, staff, stave, subarachnoid space, surface area, swath, terreplein, time interval, topological space, type, vacancy, void, workspace

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