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spacing¹

  • /ˈspeɪsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -eɪsɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of space

noun spacings

  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.
  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.

adjective

  1. not comparable That inserts space between two objects.

SPACing²

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of SPAC

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: spatial arrangement, separator, partition, interval, layout, separation, separate, distance, disengagement, segregation, gauge, lapse, room, gap, staggering, area

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noun a way in which objects or people are separated by spaces

Italianospaziatura, interlinea

noun the space between two objects or people

Italianospaziatura, interlinea

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@misc{spacing_2026,
  title = {spacing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spacing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}