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1. (heading) Of time.
   1. (now rare, archaic) Free time; leisure, opportunity. [from 14^thc.]
   2. A specific (specified) period of time. [from 14^thc.]
   3. An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while. [from 15^thc.]
2. (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.
   1. Distance between things. [from 14^thc.]
   2. Physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume (sometimes for or to do something). [from 14^thc.]
   3. Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this. [from 17^thc.]
   4. The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere; outer space. [from 17^thc.]
   5. The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom. [from 20^thc.]
3. (heading) A bounded or specific extent, physical or otherwise.
   1. A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries. [from 14^thc.]
   2. (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines. [from 15^thc.]
   3. A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. [from 16^thc.]
   4. (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad). [from 17^thc.]
   5. A gap; an empty place. [from 17^thc.]
   6. (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
   7. (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). [from 20^thc.]
   8. (countable, figurative) A marketplace for goods or services

• (free time): leisure time, spare time
• (specific period of time): duration, span; see also Thesaurus:period
• (undefined period of time): spell, while; see also Thesaurus:uncertain period
• (distance between things): break, gap; see also Thesaurus:interspace
• (intervening contents of a volume): volume
• (space occupied by or intended for a person or thing): room, volume
• (area or volume of sufficient size to accommodate a person or thing): place, spot, volume
• (area beyond the atmosphere of planets that consists of a vacuum): outer space
• (gap between written characters): blank, gap, whitespace (graphic design)
• (metal type): quad, quadrat
• (set of points each uniquely specified by a set of coordinates):
• (personal freedom to think or be oneself):
• (state of mind one is in when daydreaming):
• (generalized construct or set in mathematics):
• (one of the five basic elements in Indian philosophy): ether