form feed

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form feed

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From form + feed.

noun form feeds

A control character traditionally used to cause the printer to eject the current page of output and start a new page, more recently equivalent to a carriage return.
Similar: mul:\f, mul:↟

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"form feed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/form%20feed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"form feed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/form%20feed.

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@misc{form_feed_2026,
  title = {form feed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/form%20feed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}