extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.-place, having more or less extension; room.-a quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile.-quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.-a short time; a while.-walk; track; path; course.-a small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, -- used to separate words or letters.-the distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.-one of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.-to walk; to rove; to roam.-to arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.