interstitial — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of, relating to, or situated in an interstice.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Related words

   intersticeinterstition

   Examples

   The novel's interstitial chapters.

   The outer surface is covered with variable amounts of dental plaque and saliva. The inner surface is bathed in interstitial fluid or lymph.

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   That he ran the risk of blowing out the stained-glass windows was of no consequence since no one liked them anyway, and the paper mill fumes were gnawing at the interstitial lead.

   The interstitial fluid is located between cells and the capillaries. This fluid provides a bridge between the fluid in the intravascular compartment and the intracellular compartment. Chemicals in the blood must pass through the interstitial fluid if they are to reach cells.

   Whitney is absorbed especially by Dublin's unglamorous interstitial zones: the new housing estates and labyrinths of roads, watercourses and railways where the city peters into its commuter belt.

Noun

1. A web page, usually carrying advertising, displayed when leaving one content page for another.

   Usage

   • Internet

   Examples

   An interstitial appeared before the download.

   Interstitials should be used sparingly. Display an ad only the first time the user accesses a piece of content, not every time.

2. An interstitial discontinuity in a crystal.

   Examples

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   2008, E. G. Seebauer et al., Defect Engineering for Ultrashallow Junctions using Surfaces, in P. J. Timans, E. P. Gusev, H. Iwai, D.-L. Kwong, M. C. Öztürk, F. Roozeboom (editors), Advanced Gate Stack, Source/Drain, and Channel Engineering for Si-Based CMOS 4: New Materials, Processes, and Equipment, ECS Transactions: Volume 13, Issue 1, page 56, The second mechanism, which is the primary focus of the present paper, involves insertion of interstitials into dangling bonds at the surface.

Adjective

1. of or relating to interstices