ETYM Old Eng. roum, rum, space, as. rűm.
1. An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.
2. Opportunity for.
3. Space for movement; SYN. way, elbow room, space, clearance.
4. The people who are present in a room.
ETYM Old Eng. sete, Icel. saeti; akin to Swed. säte, Dan. saede, Mid. High Germ. sâze, as. set, setl, and Eng. sit. Related to Sit, Settle.
1. A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised).
2. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); SYN. place.
3. Any support where one can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which one sit).
4. Furniture that is designed for sitting on.
5. The cloth that covers the buttocks.
ETYM Old Eng. space, French espace, from Latin spatium space; cf. Greek span to draw, to tear; perh. akin to Eng. span. Related to Expatiate.
1. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
2. An empty area (usually bounded in some way between things).
3. An area reserved for some particular purpose.
4. (Mathematics) Any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind; SYN. topological space.
5. One of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff.
ETYM Old Fren. esquarre, esquierre, French équerre a carpenter's square (cf. Italian squadra), from (assumed) Late Lat. exquadrare to make square; Latin ex + quadrus a square, from quattuor four. Related to Four, Quadrant, Squad, Squer a square.
1. (Informal) A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views; SYN. square toes.
2. A tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles.
3. Any object having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.
4. The product of two equal terms; SYN. second power.
freie und unbebaute Fläche in einem bebauten Areal; teilweise architektonisch gegliedert durch Brunnen, Plastiken, Blumen, Grünanlagen u.a.; im 20 Jh. verlor der P. zunehmend gemeinschaftsbildende Funktion.