From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
space
n 1: 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]
2: 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"
3: an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the
laboratory's floor space"
4: 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]
5: 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]
6: the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to
death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn:
distance, space]
7: a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn:
space, blank space, place]
8: one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a
musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
9: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for
spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad, space]
v 1: place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have
some time between the different candidates"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor
motion. --Locke.
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2. Place, having more or less extension; room.
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They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare;
Long had he no space to dwell [in]. --R. of
Brunne.
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While I have time and space. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Put a space betwixt drove and drove. --Gen. xxxii.
16.
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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.
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Nine times the space that measures day and night.
--Milton.
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God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a
people a longer space of repentance. --Tillotson.
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5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a
space." --Spenser.
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6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]
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This ilke [same] monk let old things pace,
And held after the new world the space. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the
compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from
each other in the same line.
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8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the
lines of the staff.
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9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its
atmosphere; -- called also outer space.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Space \Space\, v. i. [Cf. OF. espacier, L. spatiari. See
Space, n.]
To walk; to rove; to roam. [Obs.]
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And loved in forests wild to space. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
space
<character> The space character, ASCII 32.
See octal forty.
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