spacer
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spacer
- /ˈspeɪsɚ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪsə(ɹ)
noun spacers
- An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type. The vertical wall was poured in two lifts, using two pairs of steel shutters which were bolted tightly onto 9-in. long wooden spacers.
- A person who works or lives in space. It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on considering the natives of Earth as disgustingly diseased.
- A bushing.
- A forgetful person; one who spaces out.
- A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.
- An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission.
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noun an object
| Español | espaciador, separador |
|---|---|
| Français | entretoise |
Talk about this word "spacer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spacer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spacer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spacer "spacer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spacer.
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@misc{spacer_2026,
title = {spacer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spacer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
