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interlapse

noun

Etymology

From inter- + lapse.

  1. derived from lāpsus
  2. derived from laps
  3. prefixed as interlapse — “inter + lapse”

Definitions

  1. The time between two events.

    • […] after a short interlapse of time [the salts] produce Coughs, Ptisicks, and at last a Pulmonique Consumption.
    • A part of the time they spent in senseless intoxication; and the lucid interlapse of sobriety was occupied only in mourning over the recollection of past importance, and trembling at the prospect of speedy annihilation.
    • It is the interlapse between the correct aim and the touch of the trigger, or impulse of the shot, which is the secret of many a miss at a rapidly flying object.

  2. The distance between two things.

  3. To elapse (between two events).

    • the space of time that interlapsed betwixt the overthrow of Hamilton, and our solemne denouncing against them for that hostilitie
    • Many a week would frequent interlapse Ere yet a letter came—
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To be situated between.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA