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--- Comment #20 from Peter <[email protected]> ---
Sorry, I forgot. I had received the answer from the French Academy some time
ago. Sorry for the delay. 

First the english deepl.com translation, then the french original answer:

== english ==
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Sir,



There are two nouns "space". The first and most common one is masculine. Here
is its definition:



 Indefinite range.

1. Continuous and unlimited extent. We locate bodies and movements in space.
Time and space.

2.  DOMAIN MARK: GEOMETRY. Abstract conception of an environment, devoid of any
sensible content. Space with one, two dimensions. Three-dimensional space is
that of Euclidean geometry. Four-dimensional space. Curved space. Study the
properties of space. Geometry in space, three dimensional.

3.  DOMAIN MARK:PHYSICS. Space-time, a system resulting from combining the
concept of three-dimensional geometric space with the concept of time.
Space-time allows us to locate a phenomenon in both space and time.

II.

section

II. Limited extent.

1. The interval between two points, two lines, two bodies. The space between
two trees, between two bollards. The pavement occupies the open space between
the sidewalks of a street. When writing, we must leave enough space between
words. A space of about fifty meters separated us. To measure the space
traveled in an hour. Expr. From space to space, from place to place, by places.
DOMAIN MARK: MUSIC. The four spaces of a musical staff, the four line spaces of
the staff.

2. Extent defined with more or less precision. A large space, an immense space.
The pond occupies a vast space in the middle of the park. To lack space. To
save space. To reserve enough space on a wall to hang a picture. Expr. The
virgin spaces, the regions of the earth that have yet to be discovered.

▪ Specially. DOMAIN MARK:URBAN PLANNING. Green space, in a city, an area set
aside for plantings, a park, a public garden. The green spaces of a large city.
- DOMAIN MARK: BALLISTICS. Dead space, zone inaccessible to the shots of a
firearm. - DOMAIN MARK: LAW. Airspace, air traffic area over which a State
exercises its sovereignty and which corresponds to the territory between its
borders as well as to the maritime zone delimited by its territorial waters. -
DOMAIN MARK :POLITICS. Vital space, area of territory that a country claims,
for demographic or economic reasons. The theme of vital space was used by
Hitler's Germany to justify its desire for territorial expansion. By extension.
The area that is necessary for the individuals of a group, of a species, to
live and develop.

3. A specific volume. The space occupied by a piece of furniture. Living space.
A kitchen designed as a living space.

4.  Litt. Expanse of the air. The calls of the shepherds echoed through space.
The immensity of space. The infinity of space, of heaven.

III.

section

III. Unlimited extent, universe.

The celestial bodies roll in space. The cosmic space. Interstellar spaces.

▪ Specially. Outer space or, elliptically, space, the medium beyond the
atmosphere, and where spacecraft can operate. The conquest of space, the set of
undertakings undertaken by the great powers to develop their knowledge of outer
space and to use it for military or civil purposes. Expr. Space travelers,
astronauts.

IV.

section

IV. Fig.

◉ Note:Not recommended use. Area where a certain type of activity or regulation
is carried out. Monetary space. Social space. Audiovisual space. Especially.
Area of intervention of a national or international authority. European
judicial area.

V.

section

V. By analogy.

Duration that separates two moments. A short, long space of time. The space of
a second, the space of a flash. In the space of a week, I saw him twice. The
space of a morning, the few hours that a morning lasts. Aged. Their
conversation lasted a short time.



The second, which is only used in typography, is a feminine noun:



A small piece of metal, of varying width and thickness, used to separate words.
Thin space, strong. To put a thicker space to justify the line.





Very cordially,

Patrick Vannier

Dictionary Department

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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