空间 – vocab dash

空间kōngjiān

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Meanings

1. space; room

2. (fig.) scope; leeway

3. (astronomy) outer space

4. (physics, math.) space

Characters used

空empty 间between

Examples4

行háng与yǔ行háng之间zhījiān多duō留liú些xiē空间kōngjiān。

Leave more space between the lines.

“你nǐ能néng动dòng一下yīxià吗ma？”“哦ò，对不起duìbuqǐ，我wǒ不bù知道zhīdào自己zìjǐ占zhàn了le那么nàme多duō空间kōngjiān。”

"Can you move over a bit?" "Yeah, sorry, I didn't realize I took up that much space."

如果说rúguǒshuō几何学jǐhéxué是shì空间kōngjiān的de科学kēxué，那nà时间shíjiān的de科学kēxué是shì什么shénme？

If geometry is the science of space, what is the science of time?

正如zhèngrú我们wǒmen的de数学家shùxuéjiā所suǒ言yán，这个zhège空间kōngjiān有yǒu三sān个gè维度wéidù，可kě称之为chēngzhīwéi长度chángdù，宽度kuāndù和hé厚度hòudù，并且bìngqiě始终shǐzhōng可以kěyǐ通过tōngguò参考cānkǎo三sān个gè平面píngmiàn来lái定义dìngyì，每个měige平面píngmiàn彼此bǐcǐ成chéng直角zhíjiǎo。

That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.