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halfwidth

halfwidth adjective: of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.

halfwidth: of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text...
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Adjective

halfwidth (not comparable)

  1. Of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.
    • This would convert any half-width katakana characters to full-width katakana.1993, GO Corporation, Penpoint Application Writing Guide
    • ...and half-width (zenkaku, hankaku) alphabets are regarded as separate...1998, Rick Jelliffe, The XML & SGML Cookbook

Noun

halfwidth (plural halfwidths)

  1. The width of a spectroscopic peak at half its height.

halfwidth meaning in Tamil

halfwidth in Tamil

அரை அகலம்

Forms of halfwidth

Adjective
alternative formhalf-width
Noun
pluralhalfwidths

Origin of halfwidth

From half + width.

Questions about halfwidth

What does halfwidth mean?
Halfwidth means of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.
What is halfwidth in Tamil?
Halfwidth in Tamil is அரை அகலம். See Halfwidth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is halfwidth?
Halfwidth can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near halfwidth in the dictionary

  1. halfway model
  2. halfway models
  3. halfway there
  4. halfways
  5. Halfweg
  6. halfwidth
  7. halfwidths
  8. halfwild
  9. halfwise
  10. halfwit
  11. halfwitch

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: halfwidth (page history and authors); halfwidth (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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