| blank | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. blank, space | a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing.; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet" |
| ~ grapheme, graphic symbol, character | a written symbol that is used to represent speech.; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. blank, lacuna | a blank gap or missing part. |
| ~ crack, gap | a narrow opening.; "he opened the window a crack" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. blank | a piece of material ready to be made into something. |
| ~ flat solid, sheet | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. blank, blank shell, dummy | a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet. |
| ~ cartridge | ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun. |
| v. (social) | 5. blank | keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning. |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| adj. | 6. blank, clean, white | (of a surface) not written or printed on.; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" |
| ~ empty | holding or containing nothing.; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours" |
| adj. | 7. blank, vacuous | void of expression.; "a blank stare" |
| ~ incommunicative, uncommunicative | not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions. |
| adj. | 8. blank | not charged with a bullet.; "a blank cartridge" |
| ~ unloaded | (of weapons) not charged with ammunition.; "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded" |
| interval | | |
| n. (time) | 1. interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ access time | (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive.; "access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead" |
| ~ distance, space | the interval between two times.; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes" |
| ~ embolism, intercalation | an insertion into a calendar. |
| ~ seek time | (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track. |
| ~ time constant | (electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude. |
| ~ time slot, slot | a time assigned on a schedule or agenda.; "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" |
| ~ lunitidal interval | interval between the moon's transit of a particular meridian and the next high tide at that meridian. |
| ~ absence | the time interval during which something or somebody is away.; "he visited during my absence" |
| ~ pause, intermission, suspension, interruption, break | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ interlude | an intervening period or episode. |
| ~ interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag | the time between one event, process, or period and another.; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" |
| ~ latent period | the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms. |
| ~ latent period, reaction time, response time, latency | the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it. |
| ~ eternity | a seemingly endless time interval (waiting). |
| ~ cycle, round, rhythm | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" |
| ~ lead time | the time interval between the initiation and the completion of a production process.; "the lead times for many publications can vary tremendously"; "planning is an area where lead time can be reduced" |
| ~ period | the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon. |
| ~ float | the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment. |
| ~ latency, rotational latency | (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head. |
| ~ processing time | the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure.; "they increased output by decreasing processing time" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. interval | a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints. |
| ~ bounded interval, closed interval | an interval that includes its endpoints. |
| ~ open interval, unbounded interval | an interval that does not include its endpoints. |
| ~ sub-interval | an interval that is included in another interval. |
| ~ set | (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols.; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. interval, separation | the distance between things.; "fragile items require separation and cushioning" |
| ~ distance | the property created by the space between two objects or points. |
| ~ clearance | the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them. |
| n. (communication) | 4. interval, musical interval | the difference in pitch between two notes. |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| ~ whole step, whole tone, step, tone | a musical interval of two semitones. |
| ~ half step, semitone | the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument. |
| ~ quarter-tone, quarter tone | half of a semitone. |
| ~ musical octave, octave | a musical interval of eight tones. |
| ~ third | the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it.; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" |
| ~ fourth | the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it. |
| ~ fifth | the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it. |
| ~ sixth | the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it. |
| ~ seventh | the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it. |
| pass over | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. jump, pass over, skip, skip over | bypass.; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| ~ neglect, leave out, omit, pretermit, overleap, overlook, miss, drop | leave undone or leave out.; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" |
| v. (motion) | 2. move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit | make a passage or journey from one place to another.; "The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;"; "Some travelers pass through the desert" |
| ~ transit | cause or enable to pass through.; "The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day" |
| ~ cut | pass through or across.; "The boat cut the water" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (motion) | 3. cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | travel across or pass over.; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" |
| ~ tramp | cross on foot.; "We had to tramp the creeks" |
| ~ stride | cover or traverse by taking long steps.; "She strode several miles towards the woods" |
| ~ walk | traverse or cover by walking.; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day" |
| ~ crisscross | cross in a pattern, often random. |
| ~ ford | cross a river where it's shallow. |
| ~ bridge | cross over on a bridge. |
| ~ jaywalk | cross the road at a red light. |
| ~ drive, take | proceed along in a vehicle.; "We drive the turnpike to work" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ course | move swiftly through or over.; "ships coursing the Atlantic" |
| ~ hop | traverse as if by a short airplane trip.; "Hop the Pacific Ocean" |
| v. (motion) | 4. overfly, pass over | fly over.; "The plane passed over Damascus" |
| ~ air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft.; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (contact) | 5. pass over, wipe | rub with a circular motion.; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth" |
| ~ rub | move over something with pressure.; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" |
| ~ sponge | wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten. |
| ~ squeegee | wipe with a squeegee.; "squeegee the windows" |
| ~ broom, sweep | sweep with a broom or as if with a broom.; "Sweep the crumbs off the table"; "Sweep under the bed" |
| ~ towel | wipe with a towel.; "towel your hair dry" |
| ~ whisk off, whisk | brush or wipe off lightly. |
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