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respace

respace verb: to space again, or by a different amount.

Verb

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.
    • 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.2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “The need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 51

Forms of respace

third-person singular presentrespaces
present participlerespacing
past participlerespaced
pastrespaced

Origin of respace

From re- + space.

Questions about respace

What does respace mean?
Respace means to space again, or by a different amount.
What part of speech is respace?
Respace is a verb.
What is the past tense of respace?
The past tense of respace is respaced.

Words near respace in the dictionary

  1. resows
  2. resp
  3. resp'ct
  4. resp.
  5. RESPA
  6. respace
  7. respaced
  8. respaces
  9. respacialization
  10. respacialize
  11. respacing

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