interstice

Noun

interstice (plural: interstices)

1. (noun form very rare): a small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or cable or between atoms in a crystal.

   Quotation

   • 1999 That he ran the risk of blowing out the stained-glass windows was of no consequence since no one liked them anyway, and the paper mill fumes were gnawing at the interstitial lead. - Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon.

2. an interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.

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10 letters in word "interstice": C E E I I N R S T T.

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