Space (spās), 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.
&fist; 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, 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, 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.
Space (spās), 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.
&fist; 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, 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, 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.
