interstitial
/ɪntəˈstɪʃəl//ɪntəɹˈstɪʃəl/
interstitial adjective: of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
Adjective
interstitial (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
- The novel's interstitial chapters.
- The outer surface is covered with variable amounts of dental plaque and saliva. The inner surface is bathed in interstitial fluid or lymph.1965, Jerome F. Fredrick, Murray L. Schole, Mechanisms of Dental Caries, page 761
Noun
interstitial (plural interstitials)
- A web page, usually carrying advertising, displayed when leaving one content page for another.
- An interstitial appeared before the download.
- Interstitials should be used sparingly. Display an ad only the first time the user accesses a piece of content, not every time.2007, Barbara Ballard, Designing the Mobile User Experience, page 126
- An interstitial discontinuity in a crystal.
- The second mechanism, which is the primary focus of the present paper, involves insertion of interstitials into dangling bonds at the surface.2008, E. G. Seebauer et al., Defect Engineering for Ultrashallow Junctions using Surfaces, in P. J. Timans, E. P. Gusev, H. Iwai, D.-L. Kwong, M. C. Öztürk, F. Roozeboom (editors), Advanced Gate...
interstitial meaning in Tamil
interstitial in Tamil
- இடைத்திசு, உறுப்பு இடை நார்த்திசு, சிற்றிடைவெளிக்குரிய, திசு இடைநார், இடைவெளிக்குரிய
Examples of interstitial in a sentence
- That he ran the risk of blowing out the stained-glass windows was of no consequence since no one liked them anyway, and the paper mill fumes were gnawing at the interstitial lead.1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon:
- The interstitial fluid is located between cells and the capillaries.2011, Chris Mulryan, Acute Illness Management, page 27:
- Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.2014 August 23, Neil Hegarty, “Hidden City: Adventures and Explorations in Dublin by Karl Whitney, review: 'a necessary corrective' [print...
Forms of interstitial
| plural | interstitials |
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Origin of interstitial
From Latin interstitiālis. By surface analysis, interstitium + -al.
Words formed from interstitial
Phrases with interstitial
Words that rhyme with interstitial
- official
- superficial
- artificial
- judicial
- unofficial
- beneficial
- initial
- prejudicial
- adventitial
- comitial
- extrajudicial
- sacrificial
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Questions about interstitial
- What does interstitial mean?
- Interstitial means of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
- What is interstitial in Tamil?
- Interstitial in Tamil is இடைத்திசு, உறுப்பு இடை நார்த்திசு, சிற்றிடைவெளிக்குரிய. See Interstitial meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use interstitial in a sentence?
- That he ran the risk of blowing out the stained-glass windows was of no consequence since no one liked them anyway, and the paper mill fumes were gnawing at the interstitial lead.
- What part of speech is interstitial?
- Interstitial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce interstitial?
- Interstitial is pronounced /ɪntəˈstɪʃəl/ (UK).
Words near interstitial in the dictionary
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