interspace
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In Rhamphorhynchus the jaws appear to gape towards their extremities as though the interspace had originally been occupied by organic substance like a horny beak.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
His spirit of research once more encouraged, he moved towards it, and drawing it very gently, admitted his eye in the interspace.
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
The topmost boundary of the interspace is formed by the lowermost arch, and its lowermost boundary by the topmost straight ridge.
From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton
In some places, beds of coal or slate alternate with layers of the lime rock; in others, the interspace is clay and sand.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd
Edison consisted in fixing two segment-shaped copper conductors in a steel tube, the interspace between the conductors and the tube being filled in with a bitumen compound.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Their research combines caffeine with CRISPR, a powerful gene editing tool known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, to explore new ways to treat chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
CRISPR, an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, operates like a molecular scalpel to make incisions in DNA.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023
The gene editing technology is called CRISPR-Cas9, the first part an acronym for “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
For a while, the Broadmarsh's mix of big, high street outlets, interspaced with burger bars and the occasional local name, drew in customers.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2021
In front of all, Or interspaced, with slow-matched gunners manned, Upthroated rows of threatful ordnance stand.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
This idea of interspacing filled in with non-combustible material has been generally followed ever since.
From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle
