English Dictionary

space

/speɪs/

noun

(now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity. / A specific (specified) period of time. / An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.

The astronaut floated in space.

意味（1）

(now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity.

Come on, thou are granted ſpace.

意味（2）

A specific (specified) period of time.

I pray you, sirs, to take some cheers the while I go for a moment's space to my poor afflicted child.

意味（3）

An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.

Even Comrade Butt cast off his gloom for a space and immersed his whole being in scrambled eggs.

意味（4）

Distance between things.

But neere him, thy Angell / Becomes a feare: as being o're-powr'd, therefore / Make ſpace enough betweene you.

意味（5）

Physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).

O God, I could be bounded in a nutſhell, and / count my ſelfe a King of infinite ſpace; were it not that / I haue bad dreames.

意味（6）

Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.

Space is the Phantasme of a Thing existing without the Mind simply.

意味（7）

The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.

the first man in space

意味（8）

The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.

Around the time of my parents' divorce, I learned that reading could also give me space.

意味（9）

A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries.

Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.

意味（10）

(music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.

The note next above Sol is La; La, therefore, stands in the 2nd space; Si, on the 3rd line, &c.

意味（11）

A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.

According to experts, a single line of text should rarely exceed about 50 characters (including letters and all the spaces between words).

意味（12）

(letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).

If it be only a Single Letter or two that drops, he thruſts the end of his Bodkin between every Letter of that Word, till he comes to a Space: and then perhaps by forcing thoſe Letters closer, he may have room to put in another Space or a Thin Space; which if he cannot do, and he finds the Space ſtand Looſe in the Form; he with the Point of his Bodkin picks the Space up and bows it a little; which bowing makes the Letters on each ſide of the Space keep their parallel diſtance; for by its Spring it thruſts the Letters that were cloſed with the end of the Bodkin to their adjunct Letters, that needed no cloſing.

意味（13）

A gap; an empty place.

Mainstream Hollywood would not cater to the taste for sexual sensation, which left a space for B-movies, including noir.

意味（14）

(geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.

意味（15）

(countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).

Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory.

意味（16）

(countable, figuratively) A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.

innovation in the browser space

意味（17）

Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.

Communication in Internet chat spaces allows participants to communicate so freely in the relative safety of anonymity that they forget their privacy.