[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

interstice \inter"stice\ ?; 277, n.; pl. interstices. l.
   interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to
   set, fr. stare to stand: cf. f. interstice. see stand.
   1913 webster
   1. that which intervenes between one thing and another;
      especially, a space between things closely set, or between
      the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a
      crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a
      wall.
      1913 webster

   2. an interval of time; specifically r. c. ch., in the
      plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between
      the reception of the various degrees of orders.
      1913 webster

            nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin.
                                                  --addis 
                                                  arnold.
      1913 webster
see also:
interstices stand 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

interstice
     n 1: a small structural space between tissues or parts of an
          organ; "the interstices of a network"
     2: small opening between things

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "interstice":
   caesura, clearance, discontinuity, distance between, double space,
   em space, en space, freeboard, hair space, half space, hiatus,
   interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interval,
   jump, lacuna, leap, leeway, margin, room, single space, space,
   space between, time interval

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