Headspace

Quick meaning: Headspace is a noun meaning The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).

Meaning

The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).

More Meanings

1. (informal) One's capacity for mental activity modeled as a physical space with limits.
2. One's mental state or state of mind.
3. (informal) A time and opportunity for reflection and thinking.
4. (firearms) The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.
5. (chemistry) The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile liquid in a sample.
6. (multiplicity slang) A place within a person (singlet or multiple) that they can visit or inhabit.
7. (firearms, transitive) To occupy a headspace.

Example Sentences

Meronym: mindshare

Many of us, as gays, have been in the same headspace as Maurice: longing, lonely, and scared.

It's like, I need to clear my headspace but I can't do that with him around because he's just ego, you know? He dumps on me. So that's it.

Control of headspace is important for economic and technical reasons. Underfilling will contravene Weights and Measures legislation and may cause rusting in the headspace […]

Word Forms

• headspaces
• head space
• head-space
• headspacing
• headspaced

Synonyms for headspace

Depending on context, synonyms include headroom, ullage, brainspace, innerworld, mindscape, wonderland.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include top, high, clearance, space, void, head-space.

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