space

The definition of a space is an empty, blank or available area.

(noun)

Space is the three-dimensional area around you, including the universe.

(noun)

An example of space is where stars and planets exist.
An example of space is where Ham the Chimp travelled for 16 minutes and 39 seconds in 1961 during the first space flight in one of the Project Mercury capsules named MR-2.

See space in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the three-dimensional, continuous expanse extending in all directions and containing all matter: variously thought of as boundless or indeterminately finite
2. outer space
1. the distance, expanse, or area between, over, within, etc. things
2. area or room sufficient for or allotted to something: a parking space
an interval or period of time, often one of specified length
☆ reserved accommodations: to buy space on a ship
☆ room in a newspaper or magazine, or time on radio or TV, available for use by advertisers
Informal independence, privacy, and freedom to follow one's own interests
Math. a set of points or elements assumed to satisfy a given set of postulates (Ex.: space of one dimension is a line and of two dimensions is a plane)
Music the open area between any two lines of a staff
Printing
1. a blank piece of type metal used to separate characters or words
2. the area left vacant by this or by mechanical or electronic means on a printed or typed line
Telegraphy an interval when the key is open, or not in contact, during the sending of a message

Origin: ME < OFr espace < L spatium < IE base *spēi-, to flourish, expand, succeed > speed, L spes, hope, ON sparr, OE spær, thrifty

adjective

of or pertaining to space, esp. to outer space

transitive verb spaced, spacing

to arrange with space or spaces between; divide into or by spaces

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See space in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. Mathematics A set of elements or points satisfying specified geometric postulates: non-Euclidean space.
b. The infinite extension of the three-dimensional region in which all matter exists.
a. The expanse in which the solar system, stars, and galaxies exist; the universe.
b. The region of this expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere.
a. An extent or expanse of a surface or three-dimensional area: Water covered a large space at the end of the valley.
b. A blank or empty area: the spaces between words.
c. An area provided for a particular purpose: a parking space.
Reserved or available accommodation on a public transportation vehicle.
a. A period or interval of time.
b. A little while: Let's rest for a space.
Sufficient freedom from external pressure to develop or explore one's needs, interests, and individuality: “The need for personal space inevitably asserts itself” (Maggie Scarf).
Music One of the intervals between the lines of a staff.
Printing One of the blank pieces of type or other means used for separating words or characters.
One of the intervals during the telegraphic transmission of a message when the key is open or not in contact.
Blank sections in printed material or broadcast time available for use by advertisers.

verb spaced spaced, spac·ing, spac·es

verb, transitive

To organize or arrange with spaces between.
To separate or keep apart.
Slang To stupefy or disorient from or as if from a drug. Often used with out: The antihistamine spaces me out so I can't think clearly.

verb, intransitive
Slang

To be or become stupefied or disoriented. Often used with out: I was supposed to meet her, but I spaced out and forgot.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, area

Origin: , from Old French espace

Origin: , from Latin spatium

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