interstices
Cracks between things
Interstices are small gaps or spaces between things, especially within a structure or pattern.
The word appears in technical and literary contexts: light filtering through the interstices of a woven fence, bacteria living in the interstices of soil.
Figuratively, interstices are overlooked spaces within systems or schedules: She found time in the interstices of her workday.
The singular interstice is rare.
Narrow splits in surfaces
- spacesGaps or open areas
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- aperturesHoles or gaps
- voidsEmptinesses or nullifies
cracks · fissures · chinks · clefts · slots · holes · pores · lacunae
crevices
Narrow splits in surfaces
voids · cracks · fissures · chinks · clefts · slots · holes · pores · lacunae · breaches
mesh
Interlocking open weave
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- frameworkUnderlying support system
grid · weave · network · porous · permeable · cellular · honeycomb · sieve · screen · tracery
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- liminalAt a threshold
- in-betweenOccupying middle position
overlooked · unnoticed · marginal · latent · secluded · veiled · invisible · cryptic · shadowed · tucked-away
- in-between spacesthresholds, doorways, corridors, hallways, vestibules
- porespores, micropores, nanopores, voids, holes
intersticescontinuum
Uninterrupted, gradual sequence
continuity · seamlessness · wholeness · integrity · contiguity