interstice
/ɪnˈtəːstɪs
/noun (usually interstices)
An intervening space, especially a very small one: sunshine filtered through the interstices of the arching trees...
- He lives in this space, the interstices of the paternal name, like some Lacanian allegory.
- In other words, it seeks to understand de-temporalisation and de-spatialisation: interstices, gaps and fragments.
- Thus the meetups create a truly public space that can exist at the interstices of an otherwise private and tightly scripted life.
Synonyms
space, gap, interval, aperture, opening, hole, cranny, crevice, chink, slit, slot, crack, breach, vent
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin interstitium, from intersistere 'stand between', from inter- 'between' + sistere 'to stand'.