interspace
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These scales are generally small, and placed symmetrically in close whorls, in an imbricated order, with each scale corresponding to the interspace between two scales in the whorls above and below.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
One imperfect specimen shows a long temporal region which is wide, and a very narrow interspace between the orbits; with a long face, indicated by the extension of narrow nasal bones.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
The independent patterns that appear in this interspace upon the bulbs of the fingers, are those with which this book is chiefly concerned.
From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton
It is in the upper part of the interspace which separates these latter from the brachialis anticus that the deltoid insinuates itself to proceed to its insertion into the humerus.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The Wanderer is double-walled, being built of well-seasoned beautiful mahogany, and lined with maple, having an interspace of about one inch and a half.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
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
The sun rose; I saw the streets of Catanzaro brighten in its pale gleams, and the rack above interspaced with blue.
From By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy by George Gissing
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
