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interstice

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  1. aperture              
 
in.ter.stice \in-'t*r-st*s\ \-st*-.se-z, -st*-s*z\ n or in.ter.stic.es [F, 
   fr. LL interstitium, fr. L interstitus, pp. of intersistere)] plX to stand 
   still in the middle, fr. inter- + sistere to come to a stand; akin to L 
   stare to stand : a space that intervenes between things : INTERVAL; esp :  
   one between closely spaced things