spacing

English

Verb

spacing

1. Present participle of space.

Noun

spacing (countable and uncountable; plural spacings)

1. The action of the verb space.
2. 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. The space between two objects or people.

   Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun spacing

automatic spacing channel spacing double-spacing echo spacing French spacing interframe spacing letter-spacing, letterspacing level spacing distribution line-spacing measured spacing optical spacing

segment long spacing self-spacing tile single-spacing spacing effect spacing mark spacing mix third-spacing triple-spacing word spacing zero spacing flux

Adjective

spacing (not comparable)

1. That inserts space between two objects.

Derived terms

• long-spacing sonic log
• non-spacing, nonspacing

Anagrams

• scaping