Interstice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Interstice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Interstice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interstice n a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ; "the interstices of a network" small opening between things
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.