inner space
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinnerandspace
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inner
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈɪn.ər/us/ˈɪn.ɚ/
inside or contained within ...
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space
noun
uk/speɪs/us/speɪs/
an empty area that is available to ...
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(Definition ofinnerandspacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinner space
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From outer toinnerspace: linguistic categories and non-linguistic thinking.
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Reciting the texts from memory allowed me to locate myself in aninnerspaceof memory and association.
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Component 2: two columns - each consisting of four loudspeakers - which are positioned opposite each another in theinnerspace.
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As one moves through theinnerspace, its shape constantly changes; there is no single central space, but rather a chain of spaces.
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Important for the specific quality of thisinnerspaceis the detached relation between the apartments and the space.
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The dead bodies pile up in mounds, but they don't reach the precincts ofinnerspace.
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The complicated spatial patterns result in diverse and multiform orientations of dwellings, and therefore multiple and ambiguous relations between theinnerspaceand the apartments.
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Is the light blue edge running parallel to the black one or the illusory light blue filling in theinnerspace?
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A necessaryinnerspaceis created in which a stable identity can be built.
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They were public statements of theinnerspaceof the home and its relation to the individuality and identity of its occupants.
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Besides increasing the light reaching theinnerspace, this arrangement also allows large balconies to be constructed on the 'terraces', together with stairs and short galleries.
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Significantly, the putativeinnerspacein which these qualities were seen to inhere seemed to be reached only by performing operations upon the body, subjecting it to disciplinary practices.
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The sheer size of these blocks made it difficult to maintain a traditional design using only perimeter buildings, as this would have resulted in a large emptyinnerspace.
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It is here that great activity is going on ininnerspace, as it has been called, in contrast to outer space.
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That will be the time when they will have to look atinnerspaceand recognise the potentialities of their own planet.
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Too often men have no time for the interior life—theinnerspacethat is the creative centre of women.
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However, the magma from inside the mantle will soon break through the shaft, making them have to use a rocket flight throughinnerspace.
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Theinnerspaceof the dome is decorated by muqarnas.
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The total surface of the fortress, also counting the circular walls/ ramparts, measures around 1.3 hectares of theinnerspaceof the stronghold.
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