Web Space

–noun

1.	something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving.

2.	a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb.

3.	Textiles. a. a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom. b. the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug.

4.	something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree.

5.	an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life?

6.	something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism.

7.

webbing.

8.	Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds.

9.	Ornithology. a. the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather. b. the series on both sides, collectively.

10.	an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss.

11.	Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end.

12.	Architecture. (in a vault) any surface 16ca framed by ribbing.

13.	a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press.

14.	a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country.

15.	Informal. a network of radio or television broadcasting stations.

16.	(usually initial capital letter) Computers. World Wide Web.

–verb (used with object)

17.	to cover with or as if with a web; envelop.

18.	to ensnare or entrap.

–verb (used without object)

19.	to make or form a web.

–noun

1.	the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.

2.	the portion or extent of this in a given instance; extent or room in three dimensions: the space occupied by a body.

3.	extent or area in two dimensions; a particular extent of surface: to fill out blank spaces in a document.

4.	Fine Arts. a. the designed and structured surface of a picture: In Mondrian's later work he organized space in highly complex rhythms. b. the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface.

5.	outer space.

6.	deep space.

7.	a seat, berth, or room on a train, airplane, etc.

8.	a place available for a particular purpose: a parking space.

9.	linear distance; a particular distance: trees separated by equal spaces.

10.	Mathematics. a system of objects with relations between the objects defined.

11.	extent, or a particular extent, of time: a space of two hours.

12.	an interval of time; a while: After a space he continued his story.

13.	an area or interval allowed for or taken by advertising, as in a periodical, on the radio, etc.

14.	Music. the interval between two adjacent lines of the staff.

15.	an interval or blank area in text: a space between the letters.

16.	Printing. one of the blank pieces of metal, less than type-high, used to separate words, sentences, etc.

17.	Telegraphy. an interval during the transmitting of a message when the key is not in contact.

18.	radio or television broadcast time allowed or available for a program, advertisement, etc.

19.	freedom or opportunity to express oneself, resolve a personal difficulty, be alone, etc.; allowance, understanding, or noninterference: Right now, you can help by giving me some space.

–verb (used with object)

20.	to fix the space or spaces of; divide into spaces.

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21.	to set some distance apart.

22.	Printing, Writing. a. to separate (words, letters, or lines) by spaces. b. to extend by inserting more space or spaces (usually fol. by out).

–adjective

23.	of, pertaining to, or concerned with outer space or deep space: a space mission.

24.	designed for or suitable to use in the exploration of outer space or deep space: space tools; specially packaged space food for astronauts.