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line feeds

line feeds is the plural of line feed.

line feeds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of line feed.

Meaning of line feed

Noun

line feed (plural line feeds)

  1. On a typewriter, the action of the carriage roller to push the page up one or more lines, often simultaneously with executing a carriage return.
  2. The character (0x0a in ASCII) which advances the paper by one line in a teletype or printer, or moves the cursor to the next line on a display.
  3. A signal that contains the content about to be broadcast on radio or television.
    • It appears that Director Chalmers was the only one who, while reading the final draft, noticed that the wording of one clause required the Post Office to provide a line feed to each station.1964, Ian K. Mackay, Broadcasting in Nigeria, page 30

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Questions about line feeds

What is line feeds the plural of?
Line feeds is the plural of line feed.

Words near line feeds in the dictionary

  1. line engraving
  2. line engravings
  3. line fed
  4. line feed
  5. line feeding
  6. line feeds
  7. line fish
  8. line fisher
  9. line fishers
  10. line fishes
  11. line fishing

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