— intersticed , adj.
/in terr"stis/ , n. , pl. interstices /-steuh seez', -steuh siz/ .
1. an intervening space.
2. a small or narrow space or interval between things or parts, esp. when one of a series of alternating uniform spaces and parts: the interstices between the slats of a fence.
3. Rom. Cath. Ch. the interval of time that must elapse, as required by canon law, before promotion to a higher degree of orders.
4. an interval of time.
[ 1595-1605; interstitium, equiv. to interstit-, var. s. of intersistere to stand or put between + -ium -IUM ]