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Webster 1913 Edition
Space
Space
(spās)
, Noun.
[OE.
space
, F. espace
, from L. spatium
space; cf. Gr. σπᾶν
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
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 milePut 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
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, on a computer screen, etc.
☞ 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
deep space
, the part of outer space which is beyond the limits of the solar system.
– 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
,Verb.
I.
To walk; to rove; to roam.
[Obs.]
And loved in forests wild to
space
. Spenser.
Space
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spaced
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Spacong
.] (Print.)
To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between;
as, to
. space
words, lines, or lettersWebster 1828 Edition
Space
SPACE
,Noun.
1.
Room; extension. Space in the abstract, is mere extension. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion.2.
Any quantity of extension. In relation to bodies, space is the interval between any two or more object' as the space between two stars or two hills The quantity of space or extent between bodies, constitutes their distance form each other.3.
The distance or interval between lines; as in books. The space in music are named as well as the lines.4.
Quantity of time; also, the interval between two points of time. Nine times the space that measures day and God may defer his judgment for a time, and give a people a longer space for repentance.5.
A short time; a while. To stay your deadly strife a space. [This sense is nearly obsolete.]SPACE
,Verb.
I.
SPACE
,Verb.
T.