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English

Alternative forms

• head space
• head-space

Etymology

head +? space

Noun

headspace (countable and uncountable, plural headspaces)

1. The space between the top of the contents of a container (such as a jar) and its seal (such as a lid).
2. (informal) One's mental state.
3. (informal) Unscheduled time for reflection and thinking.
4. (firearms) The gap between the face of the bolt and the stopping surface for the cartridge.
5. (chemistry) The gas phase in contact and in equilibrium with a nonvolatile sample.

Verb

headspace (third-person singular simple present headspaces, present participle headspacing, simple past and past participle headspaced)

1. (firearms) To occupy a headspace.

Anagrams

• spacehead

English

Etymology

From French psychologie, from Renaissance Latin psychologia (coined by Marko Maruli? from Ancient Greek ???? (psukh?, “soul”) + -logia (“study of”)), equivalent to psycho- +? -logy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: s?-k?l??-j?, IPA^(key): /sa??k?l?d?i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sa??k?l?d??/
• Rhymes: -?l?d?i
• Hyphenation: psy?chol?o?gy

Noun

psychology (countable and uncountable, plural psychologies)

1. (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
2. (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
3. (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
4. (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

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Further reading

• psychology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• psychology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.