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space
[speys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, spaced, spac·ing, adjective
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[speys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, spaced, spac·ing, adjective –noun
–verb (used with object)
–adjective
| 1. | the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur. |
| 2. | the portion or extent of this in a given instance; extent or room in three dimensions: the space occupied by a body. |
| 3. | extent or area in two dimensions; a particular extent of surface: to fill out blank spaces in a document. |
| 4. | Fine Arts.
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| 5. | outer space. |
| 6. | deep space. |
| 7. | a seat, berth, or room on a train, airplane, etc. |
| 8. | a place available for a particular purpose: a parking space. |
| 9. | linear distance; a particular distance: trees separated by equal spaces. |
| 10. | Mathematics. a system of objects with relations between the objects defined. |
| 11. | extent, or a particular extent, of time: a space of two hours. |
| 12. | an interval of time; a while: After a space he continued his story. |
| 13. | an area or interval allowed for or taken by advertising, as in a periodical, on the radio, etc. |
| 14. | Music. the interval between two adjacent lines of the staff. |
| 15. | an interval or blank area in text: a space between the letters. |
| 16. | Printing. one of the blank pieces of metal, less than type-high, used to separate words, sentences, etc. |
| 17. | Telegraphy. an interval during the transmitting of a message when the key is not in contact. |
| 18. | radio or television broadcast time allowed or available for a program, advertisement, etc. |
| 19. | freedom or opportunity to express oneself, resolve a personal difficulty, be alone, etc.; allowance, understanding, or noninterference: Right now, you can help by giving me some space. |
| 20. | to fix the space or spaces of; divide into spaces. |
| 21. | to set some distance apart. |
| 22. | Printing, Writing.
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| 23. | of, pertaining to, or concerned with outer space or deep space: a space mission. |
| 24. | designed for or suitable to use in the exploration of outer space or deep space: space tools; specially packaged space food for astronauts. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME (n.) < OF espace < L spatium
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spacer, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| space
(spās) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. spaced, spac·ing, spac·es v. tr.
v. intr. Slang To be or become stupefied or disoriented. Often used with out: I was supposed to meet her, but I spaced out and forgot. [Middle English, area, from Old French espace, from Latin spatium.] spac'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
space (n.)
space (n.)
c.1300, "an area, extent, expanse, lapse of time," aphetic of O.Fr. espace, from L. spatium "room, area, distance, stretch of time," of unknown origin. Astronomical sense of "stellar depths" is first recorded 1667 in "Paradise Lost."
"Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards." [Sir Fred Hoyle, "London Observer," 1979]Typographical sense is attested from 1676 (typewriter space bar is from 1888). Space age is attested from 1946; spacewalk is from 1965. Many compounds first appeared in science fiction and speculative writing, e.g. spaceship (1894, "Journey in Other Worlds"); spacesuit (1920); spacecraft (1930, "Scientific American"); space travel (1931); space station (1936, "Rockets Through Space"); spaceman (1942, "Thrilling Wonder Stories;" earlier it meant "journalist paid by the length of his copy," 1892). Spacious is attested from 1382.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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space (v.)
space (v.)
1703, "to arrange at set intervals," from space (n.). Meaning "to be in a state of drug-induced euphoria" is recorded from 1968. Space cadet "eccentric person disconnected with reality" (often implying an intimacy with hallucinogenic drugs) is a 1960s phrase, probably traceable to 1950s U.S. sci-fi television program "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet," which was watched by many children who dreamed of growing up to be one and succeeded.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| space | |
noun | |
| 1. | the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" |
| 2. | 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" |
| 3. | an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space" |
| 4. | any location outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in outer space without a tether"; "the first major milestone in space exploration was in 1957, when the USSR's Sputnik 1 orbited the Earth" [syn: outer space] |
| 5. | a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" |
| 6. | the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance] |
| 7. | a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" |
| 8. | one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E" |
| 9. | (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad] |
verb | |
| 1. | place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates" |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
space
In addition to the idiom beginning with space, also see breathing space; take up space.
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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(spās) Pronunciation Key
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space (spās)
n.
A particular area, extent, or cavity of the body.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
space character
The space character, ASCII 32.
See octal forty.
(2007-01-29)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Space
Space\ (sp[=a]s), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L. spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to E. span. Cf. Expatiate.]1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. --Locke. 2. Place, having more or less extension; room. They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long had he no space to dwell [in]. --R. of Brunne. While I have time and space. --Chaucer. 3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile. Put a space betwixt drove and drove. --Gen. xxxii. 16. 4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time. "Grace God gave him here, this land to keep long space." --R. of brunne. Nine times the space that measures day and night. --Milton. God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. --Tillotson. 5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a space." --Spenser. 6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.] This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held after the new world the space. --Chaucer. 7. (print.) (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters. (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books. Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from each other in the same line. 8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. --Hansard. Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.
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Space
Space\, v. i. [Cf. OF. espacier, L. spatiari. See Space, n.] To walk; to rove; to roam. [Obs.] And loved in forests wild to space. --Spenser.
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Space
Space\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Spacong.] [Cf. F. espacer. See Space, n.] (Print.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
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