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in·ter·stice     (ĭn-tûr'stĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. in·ter·stic·es (-stĭ-sēz', -sĭz)
A space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts: "There is a gleam of luminous gold, where the sinking western sun has found a first direct interstice in the clouds" (John Fowles).


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin interstitium, from *interstitus, past participle of intersistere, to pause, make a break : inter-, inter- + sistere, to cause to stand, set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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interstice   (ĭn-tûr'stĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
An opening or space, especially a small or narrow one between mineral grains in a rock or within sediments or soil.

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