interjacency
/ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənsi/
interjacency noun: the quality of being interjacent.
Noun
interjacency (usually uncountable, plural interjacencies)
- The quality of being interjacent.
- Something that lies between.
- its fluctuations are but motions subservient; which winds, storms, shores, shelves, and every interjacency irregulates.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
- […] It is very well known, that England and Scotland made but one Iſland, divided not by the Sea or any conſiderable Arm thereof, but only by the Interjacency of the River Tweed, and ſome Deſert Ground, which did not hinder any eaſie common Acceſs of the People of the one Kingdom to the other: […]1713, [Matthew Hale], “Concerning the Communication of the Laws of England unto the Kingdom of Scotland”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of...
Synonyms of interjacency
Forms of interjacency
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Questions about interjacency
- What does interjacency mean?
- Interjacency means the quality of being interjacent.
- What part of speech is interjacency?
- Interjacency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce interjacency?
- Interjacency is pronounced /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənsi/.
- What is the plural of interjacency?
- The plural of interjacency is interjacencies.
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