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nonspaces

nonspaces is the plural of nonspace.

Meaning of nonspace

Noun

nonspace (countable and uncountable, plural nonspaces)

  1. That which is not a social or physical space, or lacks the traditional attributes of spaces.
    • Today, the elevator cars of skyscrapers themselves have become the most intimidating nonspaces of the American metropolis.1986, Norbert Messler, The art deco skyscraper in New York
  2. A text character that is not a space (or not whitespace).
    • For instance, spaces in a filename shipped from a DOS client are not translated to nonspace characters...2006, Mark Lutz, Programming Python, Volume 10

Questions about nonspaces

What is nonspaces the plural of?
Nonspaces is the plural of nonspace.

Words near nonspaces in the dictionary

  1. nonsovereignty
  2. nonsoviet
  3. nonspace
  4. nonspaced
  5. nonspacelike
  6. nonspaces
  7. nonspacing
  8. nonspalling
  9. nonspam
  10. nonspare
  11. nonsparing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonspaces (page history and authors); nonspace (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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