Space \Space\ (sp[=a]s), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L.
   spatium space; cf. Gr. spa^n to draw, to tear; perh. akin to
   E. span. Cf. Expatiate.]
   1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it
      may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable
      and possible.
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            Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor
            motion.                               --Locke.
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   2. Place, having more or less extension; room.
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            They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare;
            Long had he no space to dwell [in].   --R. of
                                                  Brunne.
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            While I have time and space.          --Chaucer.
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   3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one
      thing to another; an interval between any two or more
      objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the
      sound was heard for the space of a mile.
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            Put a space betwixt drove and drove.  --Gen. xxxii.
                                                  16.
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   4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time;
      duration; time. "Grace God gave him here, this land to
      keep long space." --R. of brunne.
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            Nine times the space that measures day and night.
                                                  --Milton.
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            God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a
            people a longer space of repentance.  --Tillotson.
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   5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a
      space." --Spenser.
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   6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]
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            This ilke [same] monk let old things pace,
            And held after the new world the space. --Chaucer.
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   7. (Print.)
      (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so
          as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to
          separate words or letters.
      (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in
          the lines, or between lines, as in books, on a
          computer screen, etc.
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   Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the
         compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from
         each other in the same line.
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   8. (Mus.) One of the intervals, or open places, between the
      lines of the staff.
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   9. that portion of the universe outside the earth or its
      atmosphere; -- called also outer space.
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   Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under
      Absolute, Euclidian, etc.

   deep space, the part of outer space which is beyond the
      limits of the solar system.

   Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers
      to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each
      other, and for other purposes; a lead. --Hansard.

   Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the
      same height as the type, used in printing short lines in
      tabular matter.
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