Web Definition–noun | 1. | something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving. | | 2. | a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb. | | 3. | Textiles. | a. | a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom. | | b. | the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug. | | | 4. | something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree. | | 5. | an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life? | | 6. | something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism. | | 8. | Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds. | | 9. | Ornithology. | a. | the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather. | | b. | the series on both sides, collectively. | | | 10. | an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss. | | 11. | Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end. | | 12. | Architecture. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing. | | 13. | a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press. | | 14. | a network of interli
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Space Definition–noun | 1. | the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur. | | 2. | the portion or extent of this in a given instance; extent or room in three dimensions: the space occupied by a body. | | 3. | extent or area in two dimensions; a particular extent of surface: to fill out blank spaces in a document. | | 4. | Fine Arts. | a. | the designed and structured surface of a picture: In Mondrian's later work he organized space in highly complex rhythms. | | b. | the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. | | | 7. | a seat, berth, or room on a train, airplane, etc. | | 8. | a place available for a particular purpose: a parking space. | | 9. | linear distance; a particular distance: trees separated by equal spaces. | | 10. | Mathematics. a system of objects with relations between the objects defined. | | 11. | extent, or a particular extent, of time: a space of two hours. | | 12. | an interval of time; a while: After a space he continued his story. | | 13. | an area or interval allowed for or taken by advertising, as in a periodical, on the radio, etc. | | 14. | Music. the interval between two adjacent lines of the staff. | | 15. | an interval or blank area in text: a space between the letters. | | 16. | Printing. one of the blank pieces of metal, less than type-high, used to separate words, sentences, etc. | | 17. | Telegraphy. an interval during the transmitting of a message when the key is not in contact. | | 18. | radio or television broadcast time allowed or available for a program, advertisement, etc. | | 19. | freedom or opportunity to express oneself, resolve a personal difficulty, be alone, etc.; allowance, understanding, or noninterference: Right now, you can help by giving me some space. | –verb (used with object) | 20. | to fix the space or spaces of; divide into spaces. | | 21. | to set some distance apart. | | 22. | Printing, Writing. | a. | to separate (words, letters, or lines) by spaces. | | b. | to extend by inserting more space or spaces (usually fol. by out). | | –adjective | 23. | of, pertaining to, or concerned with outer space or deep space: a space mission. | | 24. | designed for or suitable to use in the exploration of outer space or deep space: space tools; specially packaged space food for astronauts. | |
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