Interlapse

Quick meaning: Interlapse is a noun meaning (obsolete) The time between two events.

Meaning

(obsolete) The time between two events.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) The distance between two things.
2. (obsolete) To elapse (between two events).
3. (obsolete, rare) To be situated between.

Example Sentences

[…] after a short interlapse of time [the salts] produce Coughs, Ptisicks, and at last a Pulmonique Consumption.

the space of time that interlapsed betwixt the overthrow of Hamilton, and our solemne denouncing against them for that hostilitie

It is the interlapse between the correct aim and the touch of the trigger, or impulse of the shot, which is the secret of many a miss at a rapidly flying object.

A part of the time they spent in senseless intoxication; and the lucid interlapse of sobriety was occupied only in mourning over the recollection of past importance, and trembling at the prospect of speedy annihilation.

Word Forms

• interlapses
• interlapsing
• interlapsed

Synonyms for interlapse

Depending on context, synonyms include gap, interval, between-time, interim, lapse, meantime.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lapse, meanwhile, interregnum, interval, lagtime, interim.

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