interspace
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Carina; the interspace between the carina and the scuta and terga is not wide.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
In all of these characters the southern sample shows trends towards the southern subspecies, deppei, which has fewer ventrals, fewer scales in the first interspace, and more dorsal body-blotches.
From A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei by William E. Duellman
The width of the interspace between the foramina is one-half the width of the vertebræ, though this character varies with different genera and species.
From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by H. G. Seeley
Ah! the flowers cleave apart And their sweet fills the tender interspace; Ah! the leaves grown thereof were things to kiss Ere their fine gold was tarnished at the heart.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
In Loops, the interspace is filled with a system of ridges that bends back upon itself, and in which no one ridge turns through a complete circle.
From Finger Prints by Sir Francis Galton
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
