respace

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ space.

Verb

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respace (third-person singular simple present respaces, present participle respacing, simple past and past participle respaced)

  1. To space again, or by a different amount.
    The books were respaced on the shelf.
    • 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “The need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 51:
      To enable high-speed running to be maximised on the Western specifically, some signals were re-spaced, while track realignments at seven sites between Acton, Box Tunnel and Bristol Parkway enabled line speeds to be raised.

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