Definition of space

• n. - Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.
• n. - Place, having more or less extension; room.
• n. - 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.
• n. - Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.
• n. - A short time; a while.
• n. - Walk; track; path; course.
• n. - 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.
• n. - The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
• n. - One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
• n. - To walk; to rove; to roam.
• n. - To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.