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respacing

respacing is the present participle and gerund of respace.

Meaning of respace

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.

Noun

respacing (plural respacings)

  1. spacing again, or by a different amount
    • No major platform improvements have been possible in the past because the piers of an overbridge at the north end of the station prevented respacing of the tracks.1951 May, “Track Layout at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 290

Forms of respacing

pluralrespacings

Origin of respacing

From re- + spacing.

Questions about respacing

What does respacing mean?
Respacing means spacing again, or by a different amount.
What is respacing the present participle and gerund of?
Respacing is the present participle and gerund of respace.
What part of speech is respacing?
Respacing is a noun.
What is the plural of respacing?
The plural of respacing is respacings.

Words near respacing in the dictionary

  1. respace
  2. respaced
  3. respaces
  4. respacialization
  5. respacialize
  6. respacing
  7. respacings
  8. respackle
  9. respackled
  10. respackles
  11. respackling

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