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 Darwin, Charles

An interspace of this kind is found in the bulb of each finger.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

I have but to shut my eyes, and I see it after this long interspace of years, definite in every detail.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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 Lloyd, John Uri

The portion of the muscle which arises from the cervical ligament and the seventh cervical vertebra is often separated from the lower portion by a cellular interspace.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard