n.
Pronunciation: in- ' t ə r-st ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -stic · es \ -st ə - ˌ s ē z, -st ə -s ə z \
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin interstitium, from inter- + -stit-, -stes standing (as in superstes standing over) ― more at SUPERSTITION
Date: 15th century
1 a : a space that intervenes between things especially : one between closely spaced things < interstice s of a wall> b : a gap or break in something generally continuous <the interstice s of society> <passages of genuine literary merit in the interstice s of the ludicrous ⋯ plots ― Joyce Carol Oates>
2 : a short space of time between events