interlapses

Noun

interlapse (plural interlapses)

1. (obsolete) The time between two events.
   • […] after a short interlapse of time [the salts] produce Coughs, Ptisicks, and at last a Pulmonique Consumption.1666, Gideon Harvey, chapter 28, in Morbus Anglicus: or, The Anatomy of Consumptions, London: Nathaniel Brook, page 160

   Synonyms:

   gap, interval, between-time, interim, lapse, meantime, meanwhile

2. (obsolete, rare) The distance between two things.
   • There is an exquisite continuous gradation and interlapse of hue between the silver-grays, the reddish-browns, and the dull yellows of the honeysuckles, the ruddy apple, the auburn tresses of Venus, her lips and eyes, the red and pink roses, the yellow butterflies, and the dark-green background.1882, William Sharp, chapter 3, in Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Record and a Study, London: Macmillan, page 207

   Synonyms:

   gap, separation, break, interspace, interstice, interstitium, opening, space

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