spacings

Noun

spacing (countable and uncountable, plural spacings)

1. The action of the verb space.
2. A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.
   • The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.
3. The space between two objects or people.
   • Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.
4. The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.
   • He was a laconic old soul who loved spacing only a jot better than he loved Martian alky.1949 February, Alfred Coppel, “Runaway”, in Planet Stories, volume 4, number 2 (Spring)

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