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Noun space has 8 senses
- space - the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"
--1 is a kind of abstraction
--1 has part: location; aerospace
--1 has particulars:
- space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
--2 is a kind of amorphous shape; location
--2 has particulars:
- space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
--3 is a kind of area, country
--3 has particulars:
- space, blank - a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
--4 is a kind of character, grapheme, graphic symbol
- distance, space - the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"
--5 is a kind of time interval, interval
- space, blank space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
--6 is a kind of area, expanse, surface area
--6 is a part of form
--6 has particulars: margin; indentation, indent, indenture
- space - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
--7 is a kind of area, expanse, surface area
--7 is a part of musical notation; staff, stave
- quad, space - (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words
--8 is a kind of type
--8 has particulars: hair space
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