Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An intervening space; an opening; especially, a small or narrow space between apposed surfaces or things; a gap, chink, slit, crevice, or cranny.
- noun In canon law, the interval of time required for promotion from a lower to a higher degree of orders.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small opening or space between
objects , especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or components of a multiconductor electrical cable or between atoms in a crystal. - noun An
interval oftime required by the RomanCatholic Church between the attainment of differentdegrees of anorder . - noun By extension, a small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ
- noun small opening between things
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bourriaud considers the relational form of artwork as social "interstice," a place to learn to inhabit the world in a better way, where art "tightens the space of relations" between spectators so that art becomes a glue of social relations.
Monica Westin: Art in the Time of Midterms: Museum as Democracy and the MCA's New Show Monica Westin 2010
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Bourriaud considers the relational form of artwork as social "interstice," a place to learn to inhabit the world in a better way, where art "tightens the space of relations" between spectators so that art becomes a glue of social relations.
Monica Westin: Art in the Time of Midterms: Museum as Democracy and the MCA's New Show Monica Westin 2010
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Bourriaud considers the relational form of artwork as social "interstice," a place to learn to inhabit the world in a better way, where art "tightens the space of relations" between spectators so that art becomes a glue of social relations.
Monica Westin: Art in the Time of Midterms: Museum as Democracy and the MCA's New Show Monica Westin 2010
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Bourriaud considers the relational form of artwork as social "interstice," a place to learn to inhabit the world in a better way, where art "tightens the space of relations" between spectators so that art becomes a glue of social relations.
Monica Westin: Art in the Time of Midterms: Museum as Democracy and the MCA's New Show Monica Westin 2010
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Bourriaud considers the relational form of artwork as social "interstice," a place to learn to inhabit the world in a better way, where art "tightens the space of relations" between spectators so that art becomes a glue of social relations.
Monica Westin: Art in the Time of Midterms: Museum as Democracy and the MCA's New Show Monica Westin 2010
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Bourriaud considers the relational form of artwork as social "interstice," a place to learn to inhabit the world in a better way, where art "tightens the space of relations" between spectators so that art becomes a glue of social relations.
Monica Westin: Art in the Time of Midterms: Museum as Democracy and the MCA's New Show Monica Westin 2010
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And upon tearing her world asunder in a moment, the forces leave her to go be insane somewhere else, and she doesn't even know what the fuck. points out how there is this 'interstice' between what we consider real-life and what is urban mythology.
Anime Nano! 2010
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And upon tearing her world asunder in a moment, the forces leave her to go be insane somewhere else, and she doesn't even know what the fuck. points out how there is this 'interstice' between what we consider real-life and what is urban mythology.
Anime Nano! 2010
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Between the stories that I do tell there are interstices, some shallow, some deep, and in these interstice lay the stories that I do not, for one reason or another, tell.
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Each snapshot moment encapsulates a state, every congruity and interstice between them suggests a transformation, and -- assuming the viewer actually gets it -- the film resolves into an excruciatingly tender and poignant portrayal of a relationship.
Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008
emily_morine commented on the word interstice
Such a nice knitty word. Just saying it is like splicing together a tricky seam.
December 7, 2006
yarb commented on the word interstice
Rarely used in the singular.
November 24, 2007
jorge999 commented on the word interstice
We were gazing all along
her imbedded yellow thong,
until sweet Lily cursed us
--for adoring her interstice
November 5, 2009
bilby commented on the word interstice
This World War II defensive structure was known as an interstice, presumably from the small space the gunner had to crawl into.
January 25, 2010