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whitespace

whitespace is the alternative form of white space.

Meaning of white space

Noun

white space (countable and uncountable, plural white spaces)

  1. White area between written characters and graphic regions on a produced page or computer display; blanks and the vertical blank lines in between paragraphs, or other organized rows of text lines (poetry).
  2. (uncountable) A contiguous collection of one or more characters that each represents horizontal or vertical space in typography.
  3. Free time seen as an opportunity for gainful activity.
    • […] successful companies are often risk averse and reluctant to go into uncharted white spaces that might require new strengths and whole new business models. […] What does it take to go after a white space, that is, a brand new business opportunity? It all depends on the nature of the opportunity...2018 November 2, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, “It’s All About Business Model Innovation, not New Technology”, in The Wall Street Journal

Forms of whitespace

pluralwhitespaces

Questions about whitespace

What is whitespace the alternative form of?
Whitespace is the alternative form of white space.

Words near whitespace in the dictionary

  1. whiteskins
  2. whitesmith
  3. whitesmithing
  4. whitesmiths
  5. whitesnow
  6. whitespace
  7. whitespaces
  8. whitesplain
  9. whitesplained
  10. whitesplainer
  11. whitesplainers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whitespace (page history and authors); white space (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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