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space

[speys]

noun, verb, spaced, spac⋅ing, adjective

–noun

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.

Fine Arts.

a.	the designed and structured surface of a picture: In Mondrian's later work he organized space in highly complex rhythms.

b.	the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface.

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.

–verb (used with object)

20.	to fix the space or spaces of; divide into spaces.

21.	to set some distance apart.

22.

Printing, Writing.

a.	to separate (words, letters, or lines) by spaces.

b.	to extend by inserting more space or spaces (usually fol. by out).

–adjective

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

Related forms:

spacer, noun

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space (spās)

1. Mathematics A set of elements or points satisfying specified geometric postulates: non-Euclidean space.
2. The infinite extension of the three-dimensional region in which all matter exists.
3. The expanse in which the solar system, stars, and galaxies exist; the universe.
4. The region of this expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere.
5. An extent or expanse of a surface or three-dimensional area: Water covered a large space at the end of the valley.
6. A blank or empty area: the spaces between words.
7. An area provided for a particular purpose: a parking space.
8. A period or interval of time.
9. A little while: Let's rest for a space.
1. The expanse in which the solar system, stars, and galaxies exist; the universe.
2. The region of this expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere.
3. An extent or expanse of a surface or three-dimensional area: Water covered a large space at the end of the valley.
4. A blank or empty area: the spaces between words.
5. An area provided for a particular purpose: a parking space.
6. A period or interval of time.
7. A little while: Let's rest for a space.
1. An extent or expanse of a surface or three-dimensional area: Water covered a large space at the end of the valley.
2. A blank or empty area: the spaces between words.
3. An area provided for a particular purpose: a parking space.
4. A period or interval of time.
5. A little while: Let's rest for a space.
Reserved or available accommodation on a public transportation vehicle.
1. A period or interval of time.
2. A little while: Let's rest for a space.
Sufficient freedom from external pressure to develop or explore one's needs, interests, and individuality: "The need for personal space inevitably asserts itself" (Maggie Scarf).
Music One of the intervals between the lines of a staff.
Printing One of the blank pieces of type or other means used for separating words or characters.
One of the intervals during the telegraphic transmission of a message when the key is open or not in contact.
Blank sections in printed material or broadcast time available for use by advertisers.

v. spaced, spac·ing, spac·es

v. tr.

To organize or arrange with spaces between.
To separate or keep apart.
Slang To stupefy or disorient from or as if from a drug. Often used with out: The antihistamine spaces me out so I can't think clearly.

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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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.

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.

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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Language Translation for : space

Spanish: espacio, hueco,

German: der Raum,

Japanese: 空間

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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.

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.

Main Entry: space
Pronunciation: 'spAs
Function: noun
1 : a period of time; also : its duration
2 : a limitedextent in one, two, or three dimensions
3 : a particular area or cavity within the body

space (spās)
n.
A particular area, extent, or cavity of the body.

space (spās) Pronunciation Key

The region of the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere. ◇ The part of this region within the solar system is known as interplanetary space. ◇ The part of this region beyond the solar system but within the Milky Way or within another galaxy is known as interstellar space. ◇ The part of this region between the Milky Way and other galaxies is known as intergalactic space.
The familiar three-dimensional region or field of everyday experience.
Mathematics A mathematical object, typically a set of sets, that is usually structured to define a range across which variables or other objects (such as a coordinate system) can be defined.

space character
The space character, ASCII 32.
See octal forty.
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space

In addition to the idiom beginning with space, also see breathing space; take up space.

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