space

spazio, posto

Area vuota o posto disponibile per persone o cose.

In inglese semplice: An empty area, or room available for people or things.

• There is no space here.
• Leave some space between the chairs.
• Do we have enough space for another bed?

Come si usa: space for someone/something (There is space for two more people.); space to do something (We need space to store our bikes.)

Sinonimi: room, area

Espressioni comuni: enough space, storage space, space for something, make space

spazio

Regione oltre l’atmosfera terrestre, dove si trovano stelle e pianeti.

In inglese semplice: The area beyond Earth's air, where stars and planets are.

• The rocket went into space.
• Astronauts live and work in space.
• Would you like to travel through space?

Sinonimi: outer space

Espressioni comuni: outer space, space travel, in space, space station

spazio

Insieme di oggetti matematici considerati come punti, con regole che descrivono le loro relazioni.

In inglese semplice: A set of mathematical objects treated as points, with rules describing how they relate.

• These vectors form a space.
• The function maps points into a different space.
• We studied the properties of a three-dimensional vector space.

Espressioni comuni: vector space, metric space, hilbert space

distanziare, spaziare

Disporre le cose lasciando spazi tra loro.

In inglese semplice: To arrange things with gaps between them.

• Space the chairs evenly.
• We spaced the trees two meters apart.
• Can you space these pictures farther apart?

Come si usa: space things + distance + apart (Space the plants thirty centimeters apart.); space things out (Space the chairs out evenly.)

Sinonimi: separate, spread out

Espressioni comuni: space something apart, space something evenly, space out something

distrarsi, incantarsi

Non accorgersi più di ciò che accade perché si pensa ad altro.

In inglese semplice: To stop noticing what is happening because your mind wanders.

• I space out when I am tired.
• He spaced out during the lecture.
• Sorry, I spaced out and missed your question.

Come si usa: space out (I sometimes space out during long meetings.)

Sinonimi: daydream, zone out

Contrari: concentrate

Espressioni comuni: space out, space out completely

spaziare

Aggiungere o regolare gli spazi tra lettere, parole o righe di un testo.

In inglese semplice: To add or adjust gaps between letters, words, or lines of writing.

• Space the lines evenly.
• The printer spaced the letters too widely.
• This paragraph is poorly spaced and hard to read.

Espressioni comuni: space the lines, space words evenly, space the text