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form feed

form feed noun: 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.

Noun

form feed (plural form feeds)

  1. 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.

form feed meaning in Tamil

form feed in Tamil

படிவ ஊட்டல்

Forms of form feed

pluralform feeds

Origin of form feed

From form + feed.

Questions about form feed

What does form feed mean?
Form feed means 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.
What is form feed in Tamil?
Form feed in Tamil is படிவ ஊட்டல். See Form feed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is form feed?
Form feed is a noun.
What is the plural of form feed?
The plural of form feed is form feeds.

Words near form feed in the dictionary

  1. form constant
  2. form criticism
  3. form criticisms
  4. form factor
  5. form factors
  6. form feed
  7. form feeds
  8. form filling
  9. form genera
  10. form genus
  11. form letter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: form feed (page history and authors); form feed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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