Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to, occurring in, or affecting interstices.
- adj. Anatomy Relating to or situated in the small, narrow spaces between tissues or parts of an organ: interstitial cells; interstitial fluid.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to, situated in, or constituting an interstice or interstices: as, interstitial change.
- In entomology, situated between striæ, etc.: as, interstitial punctures on the elytra of beetles.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.
- n. Internet A webpage, usually carrying advertising, displayed before a content page.
- n. physics An interstitial discontinuity in a crystal.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to interstices
Etymologies
- From interstitium + -al. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term interstitial cystitis for the syndrome is considered inappropriate as it indicates inflammation in the interstitum, which is often not present.”
“I can't predict what will happen with interstitial art, but it will continue to evolve (as I think it has for quite some time now, under the guise of other nomenclatures) and if "interstitial" is not the term that defines this particular kind of art-making in the future, that's fine.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak on Interfictions 2
“I do think interstitial is about being "between" a variety of modes of category or operation, and I think what you're talking about could be described as interstitial activity, maybe, but I'm not sure to what purpose as of yet.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Delia Sherman and Christopher Barzak on Interfictions 2
“And, because light can penetrate only about one millimeter into the skin, the glucose actually being monitored is contained in fluid found around blood vessels, called interstitial fluid, not within the vessels.”
The Wall Street Journal: Researchers Beaming at Light's Medical Uses
“Don't get me wrong, within the vast multitrillion-dollar energy infrastructure, there lie many opportunities for entrepreneurs, technological advances and profit-making, in bringing what can only be termed interstitial revolutions within that sector.”
Forbes: Clean Energy Driven Job Growth Is A Return To The Stone Age
“Rather than trying to understand these as aberrations -- as the half-and-half and not-quite-either of "cross-genre" and "interstitial" -- or as subversions of the form, we might better approach each text as an individual permutation of possible approaches.”
“If you've had this experience, and antibiotics haven't helped, you may have a different and more aggravating condition called interstitial cystitis.”
“One of my favorite sci-fi writers William Gibson spends a good deal of time exploring the notion of interstitial spaces, especially in "All Tomorrow's Parties" and the rest of the series that book belongs to.”
“Although scientists have yet to identify the precise function of the clump, called the interstitial nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus 3 INAH 3, the hypothalamus is known as the seat of the emotions and sexual drives.”
“Yatterings has an interview with Delia Sherman and Theodora Goss about editing Interfictions, a new anthology of kick-ass stories also known as interstitial work.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘interstitial’.
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from phrontistery.info
iamatology, iamb, ianthine, iatraliptic, iatramelia, iatrarchy, iatrochemistry, iatrogenic, iatrology, iatromathematics, iatrophobia, ibidem and 510 more...
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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Desultory Digressions
Also known as EsotericWench's Word Holding Tank. These are words that have caught my fancy but I have yet to file in the appropriate list. If I don't capture them here, I won't capture them at all.
desultory, abjure, immethodical, mentalist, subvertising, schmaltzy, fartlek, interstitial, ear-rent, brouhaha, crufty, malefactor and 34 more...
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Pseudo-seduction
With which to confuse innocent ladies (or gentlemen, if you prefer) who might be invited to don a coverslut and come to tour an adulterine castle. Plausible deniability through lexicographical obsc...
adulterine, coverslut, cunctatory, puissant, quincunx, coccyx, groin vault, sexpartite vault, nookshaft, putlog hole, cuirass, mensuration and 35 more...
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wakcy's Words
apocalypse, interlude, drome, absolution, atrocity, ruse, pristine, mason, reparable, deteriorate, pyramid, hipster and 283 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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mager's Words
enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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exlotuseater's Words
autocthonous, anacoluthon, benthic, bactrian, caryatid, chiastic, dryad, dromedary, effulgent, elixir, fricative, fungible and 145 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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tree's Words
aphasia, anhedonia, promontory, misandry, amanuensis, asymptote, penultimate, muslin, tundra, calico, kinaesthesia, rutabaga and 209 more...
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betweeness
cognitive, dissonance, connotation, existentialism, interstitial, enigmatic, floater, interrobang, ampersand, intermittent
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parody's Words
defenestrate, behemoth, floss, macchiato, glom, emu, alpaca, crocheted, ampersand, charade, conflate, salacious and 193 more...
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elvesoncrack's Words
lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...
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wreckingball's Words
reprehensible, problematize, crepuscular, deleterious, pestilent, strumpet, draggletail, interrobang, meretricious, systematize, schadenfreude, capricious and 443 more...
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Frequently Misused Words
words that are particularly frustrating to hear misused
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josharmistead William Gibson uses this word in All Tomorrows Parties. Sep 12, 2009