Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French espace, space, from Latin spatium area, room, interval of space or time
Date: 14th century
1: a period of time; also: its duration 2 a: a limited extent in one, two, or three dimensions :distance, area, volumeb: an extent set apart or available <parking space><floor space>c: the distance from other people or things that a person needs in order to remain comfortable <invading my personal space> 3: one of the degrees between or above or below the lines of a musical staff — compare line 4 a: a boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction <infinite space and time>b: physical space independent of what occupies it —called also absolute space 5: the region beyond the earth's atmosphere or beyond the solar system 6 a: a blank area separating words or lines b: material used to produce such blank area; especially: a piece of type less than one en in width 7: a set of mathematical elements and especially of abstractions of all the points on a line, in a plane, or in physical space; especially: a set of mathematical entities with a set of axioms of geometric character — compare metric space, topological space, vector space 8 a:linageb: broadcast time available especially to advertisers 9: accommodations on a public vehicle 10 a: the opportunity to assert or experience one's identity or needs freely b: an opportunity for privacy or time to oneself
