headspace
/ˈhɛdspeɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.58 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
One's capacity for mental activity modeled as a physical space with limits.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
noun
The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile liquid in a sample.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Control of headspace is important for economic and technical reasons. Underfilling will contravene Weights and Measures legislation and may cause rusting in the headspace […]"
- "Meronym: mindshare"
- "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."
- "Harry looked pained. "Please don't let me out of here. I really don't have the headspace for the moral implications of any of that right now. But as I was saying," he did so hate to be interrupted, it was the lecturing academic in him, "if I wanted a third girlfriend, I'd choose from the pool of non-murderers.""
- "Many of us, as gays, have been in the same headspace as Maurice: longing, lonely, and scared."
- "As a business owner, a truly effective business owner that is building a profitable business machine, you need headspace, thinking time, planning time, brainstorming time, education time, decision making time, questioning time and more thinking time."