'Space' definitions:

Definition of 'space'

From: WordNet
noun
The unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" [syn: space, infinite]
noun
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"
noun
An area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
noun
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, space]
noun
A blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" [syn: space, blank]
noun
The interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance, space]
noun
A blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: space, blank space, place]
noun
One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
noun
(printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad, space]
verb
Place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

Definition of 'Space'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Space'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Place, having more or less extension; room. [1913 Webster]
  • They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long had he no space to dwell [in]. --R. of Brunne. [1913 Webster]
  • While I have time and space. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Put a space betwixt drove and drove. --Gen. xxxii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Nine times the space that measures day and night. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a space." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held after the new world the space. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from each other in the same line. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its atmosphere; -- called also outer space. [PJC]
  • Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc.
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Space'

From: GCIDE
  • Space \Space\, v. i. [Cf. OF. espacier, L. spatiari. See Space, n.] To walk; to rove; to roam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • And loved in forests wild to space. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'space'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Space'