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interspace

[in-ter-spays, in-ter-spays] / ˈɪn tərˌspeɪs, ˌɪn tərˈspeɪs /


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I have collected a handful of feeble relics—but I fear the small desert will too cruelly interspace them.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James

The apex beat will therefore be found in the fifth or sixth interspace, and definitely at an increased distance from the midsternal line.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

For indeed that short interspace of time shines out in my remembrance like a thick thread of gold in a woof of homespun.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

In Loops, the interspace is filled with a system of ridges that bends back upon itself, and in which no one ridge turns through a complete circle.

From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton

In such a Dinosaur as the American carnivorous Ceratosaurus the two bars of the pubis and ischium remain separate and diverging, and there is no film of bone extending over the interspace between them.

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

Their research combines caffeine with CRISPR, a powerful gene editing tool known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, to explore new ways to treat chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

CRISPR, an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, operates like a molecular scalpel to make incisions in DNA.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023

The gene editing technology is called CRISPR-Cas9, the first part an acronym for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

For a while, the Broadmarsh's mix of big, high street outlets, interspaced with burger bars and the occasional local name, drew in customers.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2021

Wondrously, it was a clean and cool and, as who should say, quiet and amply interspaced Naples—in tune with itself, no harsh jangle of forestieri vulgarising the concert.

From Italian Hours by Henry James

This idea of interspacing filled in with non-combustible material has been generally followed ever since.

From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle


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