Space Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0

space n
1. the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
2. an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
3. an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
4. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" [syn: blank]
5. the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" [syn: distance]
6. a blank area; "write your name in the space provided" [syn: blank space, place]
7. one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
8. (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words [syn: quad] v : place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

Space Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. --Locke.
2. Place, having more or less extension; room. They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long had he no space to dwell [in]. --R. of Brunne. While I have time and space. --Chaucer.
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. Put a space betwixt drove and drove. --Gen. xxxii. 16.
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. Nine times the space that measures day and night. --Milton. God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. --Tillotson.
5. A short time; a while. [R.] ``To stay your deadly strife a

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* Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. - Anais Nin

* Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

* Peter Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door--that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh--after that I sorta space out for an hour. I just stare at my desk, but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too, I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work. - Office Space


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