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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
spacing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That inserts space between two objects.
Deriveds
third-spacing · double-spacing · letter-spacing · single-spacing · nonspacing · line-spacing · triple-spacing · non-spacing · self-spacing
Relateds
long-spacing sonic log
spacing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb space.
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(countable, uncountable) A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
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(countable, uncountable) The space between two objects or people.
Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.
If you are following a book like Starting Electronics, however, a breadboard is even more useful. […] Differences lie between breadboards in the spacings and the positionings of the holes, and the number of holes in each group.
2011 August 2, Keith Brindley, Starting Electronics, page 18:
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(countable, uncountable) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
He was a laconic old soul who loved spacing only a jot better than he loved Martian alky.
1949 February 14, Alfred Coppel, “Runaway”, in Planet Stories, volume 4, number 2 (Spring):Shepard: You don't seem too broken up about your partner's death.
Pitne For: Dakni Kur knew the risks when he took to spacing. Right now, my worry is me.
Pitne For: It's unhealthy to be a volus in the Nos Astra spaceport right now. Especially a volus named Pitne For!
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2: Normandy Crash Site (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Nos Astra spaceport, Illium:
Forms
Deriveds
third spacing · bed spacing · linespacing · letterspacing · respacing
Hyponyms
segment long spacing · echo spacing · letterspacing · word spacing · measured spacing · channel spacing · French spacing · optical spacing · train spacing · interframe spacing · automatic spacing
Relateds
level spacing distribution · spacing mark · self-spacing tile · spacing effect · zero spacing flux · spacing mix
Translations (6)
it spaziatura (a way in which objects or people are separated by spaces) · it interlinea (a way in which objects or people are separated by spaces) · bg подреждане с разстояние (a way in which objects or people are separated by spaces) · it interlinea (the space between two objects or people) · it spaziatura (the space between two objects or people) · bg разстояние (the space between two objects or people)
spacing en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of space