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spacing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb space.
  2. (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.
  3. (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:
  4. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spacings Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of space
    form of space