interspace

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In Rhamphorhynchus the jaws appear to gape towards their extremities as though the interspace had originally been occupied by organic substance like a horny beak.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

Edison consisted in fixing two segment-shaped copper conductors in a steel tube, the interspace between the conductors and the tube being filled in with a bitumen compound.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

But when we scrutinise the interspace, we see that there is a path.

From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by Hill, J. Arthur

The width of the interspace between the foramina is one-half the width of the vertebræ, though this character varies with different genera and species.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

In some places, beds of coal or slate alternate with layers of the lime rock; in others, the interspace is clay and sand.

From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri