interstice
in·ter·stice / inˈtərstis/ • n. (usu. interstices) an intervening space, esp. a very small one: sunshine filtered through the interstices of the arching trees.ORIGIN: late Middle English: from Latin interstitium, from intersistere ‘stand between,’ from inter- ‘between’ + sistere ‘to stand.’
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