space

1. (noun) the unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
Related Words: abstraction

2. (verb) place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
Related Words: lay, place, pose, position, put, set

3. (noun) a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
Synonyms: blank space, place
Related Words: area, expanse, indent, indentation, indenture, margin, surface area

4. (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"
Synonyms: blank
Related Words: character, grapheme, graphic symbol

5. (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"
Related Words: area, expanse, surface area

6. (noun) (mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind; "assume the vector space is finite dimensional"
Synonyms: topological space
Related Words: metric space, null space, set, subspace

7. (noun) an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
Related Words: area, country, disc space, disk space, parking space, place, seat, workspace

8. (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"
Related Words: amorphous shape, angle, cavity, emptiness, enclosed space, gap, hole, opening, subarachnoid space, swath, vacancy, void

9. (noun) (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
Synonyms: quad
Related Words: type

10. (noun) any region in space outside the Earth's atmosphere; "the astronauts walked in space without a tether"
Synonyms: outer space
Related Words: part, region

11. (noun) the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
Synonyms: distance
Related Words: interval, time interval



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