interleaf

Page between pages

An interleaf is a blank page inserted between the regular pages of a book, typically to protect illustrations or provide space for notes.

The plural is interleaves.

To interleave is to insert such pages, or more broadly, to alternate or intersperse elements: The chapters interleave theory with practical examples.

printing

blank

Without marks or content

binding · tissue · plate · illustration · protection · folio · volume · signature · quarto · octavo

technical

memory

Mind's retention capacity

storage · alternating · sequence · multiplex · scan · interlaced · processing · array · stripe · RAID

botanical

alternating

Occurring in turns

  • arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
  • nodeConnection point in networks
  • stemPlant's central axis

whorl · opposite · spiral · growth · pattern · botany · foliage · lamina · petiole · axil

Opposites
page type/function

interleafprinted page

leaf · illustration · body text · page · plate

structural role in book

interleafgathering

Collection of people meeting

signature · quire

content status

interleafletterpress

Printing from raised surfaces

body text · printed matter · illustration · engraving · frontispiece

Family

interleave, interleaved, interleaving, interleaves

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